10. What can I charge in Rent for a French Rental Property?

1. 10.1. New Tenancy
   10.2. Annual Increase
   10.3. Improvement Works
   10.4. Renewal of Tenancy
   10.5. Service Charges

10.3. Rental Increase on Improvement Works

The tenancy agreement may also provide that the rent should be increased by an agreed amount (or formula) following certain improvement works that may be carried out by the landlord.

These works, and the details of the new rent, should be set out in the tenancy agreement.

The works cannot be those that the landlord is otherwise legally required to undertake in order to bring the property up to a habitable standard.

Neither can the landlord unilaterally decide to undertake improvement works and impose a rental increase on the tenant. Nevertheless, they are entitled to carry out improvement works if they consider it reasonably necessary to do so.

Alternatively, the tenant may themselves request certain improvements to the property for which a mutually agreed rent increase can be applied.