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Currently we are trying to rent an apartment in Paris for the second part of my sabbatical (5 months in the spring). We are looking at several places, from web sites such as sabbaticalhomes. The place we might want to take is asking us for the following (the owners are French):
- sign a detailed 1-year contract, with the possibility to cancel when we actually depart (we need to send a registered letter for that...)
- tenants' insurance
- references, proof of income, copy of passports, a 1-month deposit
- agree to a clause saying we'd be responsible for certain "rental repairs" (according to some conseil d'etat decree)
Most of this only came to light after we showed interest in the place.
I guess I understand for the most part, but so far we didn't expect e.g. that we'd have to cover tenants' insurance for a short-term rental, or the purpose/impolications of that clause about rental repairs.
Is all of the above normal for a 5-month rental?
- sign a detailed 1-year contract, with the possibility to cancel when we actually depart (we need to send a registered letter for that...)
- tenants' insurance
- references, proof of income, copy of passports, a 1-month deposit
- agree to a clause saying we'd be responsible for certain "rental repairs" (according to some conseil d'etat decree)
Most of this only came to light after we showed interest in the place.
I guess I understand for the most part, but so far we didn't expect e.g. that we'd have to cover tenants' insurance for a short-term rental, or the purpose/impolications of that clause about rental repairs.
Is all of the above normal for a 5-month rental?