Carrez Law : definition and calculation of the surface area before the sale or rental of your property

This law intervenes within the framework of a sale of a lot or part of a lot in a co-ownership building.

The seller has the obligation to indicate the surface area of ​​the lot concerned.

And diagnostic of the surface area must be carried out in advance and appear in the sales agreement and the authentic deed.

This preliminary study is obligatory for apartments, condominium houses, but also professional and commercial premises.

Boutin law : an obligation before renting your property

The Boutin law or the law of mobilization for housing and the fight against exclusion makes it possible to regulate the location of real estate.

It requires the owner to indicate the living space in the lease contract..

The calculation methods are not the same between the Carrez law and the Boutin law and do not present the same regulations.