Your check
Against the official list of recoverable charges.
- How charges are paidAs a provision, adjusted at least once a year.In order
Tick what you're billed: the result shows here.
Your rights at the yearly adjustment
- The detailed breakdown reaches you 1 month before the adjustment.
- The receipts stay available to you for 6 months.
- A late adjustment can be paid over 12 months: ask by registered letter.
- The landlord has 3 years to claim a top-up, and you 3 years to get an overpayment back.
Décret n°87-713 of 26 August 1987, law of 6 July 1989 (articles 7-1, 23, 25-10 and 25-18). Social housing has its own list.
Rental charges, in short
Rental charges (charges récupérables) are costs the owner pays and can recover from the tenant. Their list is set by decree, and it is exhaustive: whatever it doesn't name can't be charged to you.
What you can be charged
Water, shared heating and hot water, electricity and cleaning of the common areas, routine upkeep of the lift and outdoor areas, routine upkeep of your own heating and hot water, and three taxes: household waste, street sweeping and sewerage.
What stays with the owner
Property tax (except household waste), building insurance, managing agent or syndic fees, major works and replacements, and the lift's technical inspection every 5 years.
Provision or fixed amount
For an unfurnished let, you pay a provision every month, adjusted at least once a year. For a furnished let, the lease sets a provision or a fixed amount. On a mobility lease, it's always a fixed amount, never adjusted.
The yearly adjustment
A month before, the landlord sends you the breakdown by type of charge. The receipts stay available for 6 months. Paid too much, they refund you; too little, they ask for the rest.
Frequently asked questions
No. It stays with the owner. Only the household waste tax, on the same bill, can be charged on to you.
In part: 75% of the salary and social charges if they both clean the common areas and take the bins out, 40% if they do only one.
No. Building insurance protects the owner and isn't on the list of recoverable charges. Your own home insurance stays yours to pay.
Yes. The landlord must send you the breakdown by type of charge a month before the adjustment, and keep the receipts available to you for 6 months.
Yes, for 3 years. If the adjustment comes after the end of the following year, you can ask to pay it over 12 months, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
Yes. If your provisions exceed the real costs, the landlord must refund the difference. You have 3 years to claim it.
No, except in a shared flat. For an unfurnished let, charges are paid as a provision, adjusted every year. A fixed amount is for furnished lets, shared flats and the mobility lease.