renting property in France

[dewdrop]

a friend is renting out a property for 2 weeks in France. In accordance with contract the cost and 500 euro refundable deposit has been sent to France by bank transfer and my friend has been told that the deposit will be transferred back to Ireland by bank transfer to my friends bank account. The french party is reputed to be well established etc but i was wondering is this the usual practice when renting property in France. Ideally i would prefer to collect the 500 euro when holidays were finished

 

[Deirdra]

Yes, the French are very keen on deposits, I'd argue for the deposit at the end of the holidays.

 

[Laramie]

Jess rented a property in Spain and in the contract it said that the deposit would be returned within 28 days of returning back home. He wrote to remind the owners on about day 20 about the deposit and received a very snotty reply to say that it would be refunded after 28 days as per contract and not before.