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Every report, survey and minute sent to you — signed, dated, and yours whether you buy or not.

Papers · file 4471Monday 15 September 2026, 14:20Last filed 12 September, 16:40

Fourteen papers · one waiting for your signature

One waits for your hand.

Every report, survey and minute anyone has sent you, with who signed it and when it arrived. They are yours to keep whether you buy a home or not — and nothing here is ever deleted.

1Waiting since FridayThe draft offer is unsignedSent byMe Berthier, notaryPagesFive · two to initialIf you do nothingThe offer is not madeRead it and sign
Papers filed14Since July 2021
Pages in all186Both ways
Signed by you3Each one downloadable
Waiting for you1Needs your signature
Kept forTen yearsNothing is deleted

Whoever sent it, it is yours · a paper stays even if the home sells to someone elseDownload everything


One paper waiting · unsigned since Friday

Waiting for your signature.

Nothing is signed on your behalf · not by us, not by the notary

Legal · draft · three days waitingDraft offer14 rue de Verneuil · five pages, two to initialUnsigned

What you would be signing“An offer of €1.30 M on 14 rue de Verneuil, with the surveyor’s report annexed and the roof fault named in it.”

Sent byMe Berthier, notary · Friday 16:40He needs it byWednesday 17 SeptemberIf you do not signNo offer is made · nothing else happensIf you signThe seller has ten days to answer

Read it and signAsk Camille first

Before you sign · what Camille says

“Annex the survey. If the roof is named in the offer, the seller cannot say later that you knew nothing about it.”

Camille RousselCamille RousselShe read all five pages on FridayNothing is pre-signedYou initial two pages yourselfYou may change itAny figure, before signingA copy is filedThe moment you signRead the five pages

Nothing is signed on your behalf · a draft stays a draft until you say otherwiseYour signatures


Fourteen papers · four folders

Filed by home.

Six about Verneuil, three each for the others, two about you

A paper can sit in a folder and in the index · it is the same paperDownload a folder


Fourteen papers · 186 pages · eight shown

The whole index.

Newest first · the unsigned one leads

Six more below

Nine of the fourteen carry a person’s signature · the rest a syndicate stampAll fourteen


Four papers you do not have

What is missing.

We would rather name the gaps than let you assume the file is complete

01Missing

Surveyor’s report41 rue du Bac

You have never seen this home and the seller has published photographs only.

FromWe would ask the sellerHow longUsually five daysAsk for it

02Missing

Syndicate minutes, 202214 rue de Verneuil

Foncia sent 2023 onward. The 2022 meeting is the one that voted the façade.

FromFoncia · Camille has asked twiceHow longAsked 11 SeptemberAsk for it

03Not yet

Electrical diagnosis14 rue de Verneuil

Required at the offer stage. The seller has not produced it yet.

FromThe seller, through the notaryHow longNeeded before signingAsk for it

04Not yet

Charges, two years88 bd Raspail

One year only. The second is normal to ask for and tells you the direction.

FromFonciaHow longUsually two daysAsk for it

A gap is a fact about the home, not an oversight on your partAsk Camille to chase all four


Two surveys · one reissued

Surveyor’s reports.

Published before you ask · every fault named, none removed between versions

01 · Second version14 rue de VerneuilFirst published 4 July · reissued after the viewing

Faults named in itRoof, rear slopeStructural€18 000 — €24 000Damp, cellar far endCosmetic at this stageWatch itWindow frames, frontOrdinary wear€3 200
Julien PonsJulien PonsCabinet Pons · signed 11 September 2026One fault added since July · nothing removed

Read the reportCompare with July

02 · First version9 rue ClerPublished before the home went on the floor

Faults named in itNothing structuralChecked all three listedBoiler, 2009Works · near its end€2 800 when it goes
Julien PonsJulien PonsCabinet Pons · signed 2 September 2026No version has been reissued

Read the report

A fault is never taken out of a report · a later version may only add to itHow we commission surveys


Four years of minutes · one missing

Syndicate and charges.

What has been voted and not yet done is the real figure · 14 rue de Verneuil

YearMeetingWhat was votedYour shareStanding

2026General meeting, 12 JuneLift renewal voted · November to FebruaryVoted, not yet done
2025General meeting, 4 JuneFaçade repointed · courtyard sideDone and paid
2024General meeting, 6 JuneFaçade voted · street sideDone and paid
2023General meeting, 8 JuneNothing structural votedNothing owed
2022Minutes not heldFaçade first voted hereWe have asked twice

TotalVoted and not yet done€8 400Yours to pay

Charges · two years2026€4 3402025€4 020Average a month€362DirectionUp 8% in a year

“Ask for the minutes before you ask about the price. What is voted and not yet done is the real figure.”

C. RousselRead all 41 pages

One year of minutes is missing · we have asked Foncia twiceAsk for 2022 again



Three signatures · one paper still unsigned

What you have signed.

And what each signature actually meant, in plain words

No.What you signedWhat it meantWhen and whereYour copy

01Client agreement3 pagesThat Camille may act for you in the 6th and 7th, and that she is paid by us, not by sellers.4 July 2021, 11:20Signed at the officeS. MarchandDownload
02Viewing consent · 14 rue de Verneuil1 pageThat the seller may be told your name and that a report would be written about the hour.5 September 2026, 09:40Signed on your telephoneS. MarchandDownload
03Survey commission2 pagesThat we could commission Cabinet Pons at our cost and publish the result on the home’s own page.6 September 2026, 14:05Signed on your telephoneS. MarchandDownload
Never signed on your behalfNo agent, notary or member of our staff may sign anything in your name — including us.Download all three

A signature is kept with the text you saw at the time · not a later versionHow signing works


Keeping and access

Nothing here is ever deleted.

Ten years, whether you buy a home or walk away in a fortnight. If you close your account the papers go with you — we do not keep them and we do not sell what is in them.

Kept forTen years from filingIf you close your accountEverything is sent to you firstSold or sharedNever · not to sellers, not to anyoneVersion historyEvery version kept, none overwritten

Download everything · 186 pagesDownload one folder

Who can see these papers YouAll fourteenAlwaysCamille RousselAll fourteenShe read each one before youMe Berthier, notaryThe three legal papersOnly thoseThe sellerNothingNot even your name, until a viewingAnyone elseNothingNo exceptions

“If you leave us, you leave with the file. That is the whole of our claim on it.”

Ask us what we hold on you · answered in writing within a week

Camille RousselAt her desk · answers in 1 h 10Camille RousselYour advisor since July 2021

She reads every paper before you do.

All fourteen, including the forty-one pages of minutes nobody enjoys. Ask her about any one of them and she will tell you which paragraph matters and which is furniture.

Papers she has read14 of 14Pages186Papers she asked for on your behalf6Papers still missing4
Ask her to explain a paper

“Forty-one pages, and four of them matter. I will tell you which four.”

C. RousselMonday to Friday, 08:30 — 19:0015 Sep 2026

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