CDP for free

It's not that easy. The management company will be required to pay the baliff's fee only if they actually pay the rent also. The reason many people are in this boat is bceause management companies don't pay rent. If you don't speak french this is not so easy. For peace of mind I'd rather pay Seamus the €50 to have it done properly. There's nothing worise than paying €150 and the management company can ignore it on a legal technicality because you did something wrong. Seamus' service obviously works if it has been used by a number of people before.

How many times have you done this? Do you think all baliffs in France can work in fluent English?

So how do I actually find a bailiff?

How many times have you used baliffs like this to issue a CDP?

Hello Mariefit (is it Marie)

I know you are trying to be helpful, but I am just trying to work out how complicated this process is! Do you know how to find a bailiff?

Thanks

Hello again!

So I am guessing you do not know how to find a bailiff (generally) so can you tell me how you found a bailiff in your case? I am assuming you have done at least 1 CDP?

Thanks

Me again!

So I have to assume you actually have not yet done a CDP, which is fine. The £50 fee charged on this site seems very low actually - I contacted a solicitor about it yesterday and he was charging 260 EUR! I was actually going to use this site's service anyway because I find the whole thing a bit daunting. But I was just curious about your experience - or "lack of" from what I have to assume.

Yes and how do you know 'most of them' speak English? Have you spoken to all of them in order to make this pronouncement?

I am so glad you have replied. Yes I know the £50 is an admin fee to prepare the CDP. But I think you should be aware, Fabien Cordiez is not a bailiff - he is a solicitor! So I think if you check your invoices you will find you have paid him for the admin. And you have also paid for the bailiff separately. I know this because a colleague of mine has also used him for the CDP. But thank you for the clarification.

It's nothing to do with anger, it's about highlighting inaccurate information.

You cannot say most bailiffs speak English - that is inaccurate.

You have then sent 4 CDPs 2 by bailiffs and 2 by solicitors - that's 4 in total.

What and how much is this 'legacy fee' Seamus charges on top of the £50?

Seamus does not charge any "legacy fee". He only charges £50 for the admin. The "legacy fee" (which is the wrong expression to use) is the bailiff fee. A bailiff (not a solicitor) must deliver the CDP by hand to the management company.

Once again we have more misinformation from mariefit. It's ironic that we complain about French crooks giving us misinformation regarding leaseback yet we have members of this forum doing the same. Séamus has provided an excellent resource here in the form of a forum - it allows leaseback owners to conatct each other and there is no other resource like it for English speaking owners. It is free and is maintained by Seamus at no cost to us and yet there are some people knocking him for charging a fee for a CDP at a fraction of what a solicitor charges.