1. How to book?
First send a booking request with our automatic website system. If the requested period is available, a 100% deposit of the total rent will be required for booking.
The deposit can be sent either by bank transfer (swift), with Credit Card (via www.paypal.com (please note that a 3% fee apply)).
2. The contract
Following any booking confirmation (only when we receive your payment), a contract established in your name and identifying the dates of your stay will be forwarded to you by e-mail. Please print this contract, as you will find all of the important information concerning your rental in Paris.
3. Payment
Balance of payment should be paid in cash (euros) upon arrival if the whole amount has not been paid before.
4. Your stay in Paris
The apartment is available from day one and must be vacant on the last day of contract at 11am, unless otherwise stated with the owner. In certain conditions, we can meet you directly at the apartment.
5. Security Deposit
A security deposit according to the duration of your lease will be required. The regular and minimal amount for the seciruty deposit is 200 Euros.
The security deposit must be paid, either by cash (Euros) upon arrival, or a minimum of 8 days before arrival, through a bank transfer, PayPal or Credit Card.
The security deposit will be returned in full to the tenant within one week if upon checking out nothing is reported damaged, lost or broken.
6. Cancellation policy
In the case of cancellation more than 30 days before the beginning of the stay, the deposit, minus 10% to cover cancellation expenses, will be returned to the tenant. If the cancellation occurs less than 30 days before the beginning of the stay, 70% of the deposit will be returned to the tenant. For cancellation later than this date, no refund will be possible.
In case of "no show" or cancellation the day of arrival, 100% of the price have to be paid. If the customer change the dates of the stay, it will loose the deposit in the same condition that a cancellation. We strongly recommend you to suscribe an insurance : http://www.aduciel.fr/Particuliers/Vacances/adar-assurance-annulation-partenaires.aspx?&id=641557
General terms
This rental is made on the terms and charges written in your contract and on the following general terms :
1. Contract's legal status
This rental is entered into for a temporary and holiday residence. The premises may not be used as a main or even secondary home and the tenant may not conduct any sales, craftwork or professional business therein.
As a result, the contract will be governed by the provisions of the civil code as well as by the terms specified herein.
2. Term
The rental term is specified in the contract.
The rental is entered into for a period specified in advance starting on the first agreed date at 5.00 pm and ending on the last agreed date, at 11.00 am
The lease shall stop automatically at the end of the term specified in the contract, without any need for any notice. The rental term shall not be extended without the prior agreement of Home In Paris.
3. Contractualization
- Reservation by the tenant:
The tenant books the dwelling by sending a request for estimate to Home In Paris and by paying either an instalment or the whole rent amount.
He acknowledges, by sending his request for estimate, that he agrees to the provisions of these general terms and that he has read the description statement of the apartment covered by his request for estimate.
- Confirmation by Home In Paris
Within 15 days as from the receipt of the payment of the instalment or the whole rent amount, Home In Paris sends an e-mail
Either confirming to the tenant the availability of the premises and the receipt of the payment. Home In Paris then sends the contract to the tenant one month before the beginning of the stay. The parties? agreement is completed by the sending of the electronic mail confirming the availability of the premises and the receipt of the payment. If the tenant has paid an instalment, the balance of the rental price shall be paid when the keys are collected.
Or indicating that the dwelling is not available during the desired period. In that event the amount paid is fully refunded within 8 days as from the sending of the e-mail.
On the tenant?s formal request and subject to an agreement between the parties, Home In Paris may keep that amount to rent another apartment, or for another period. In that case, the parties? agreement is complete upon the sending of another e-mail by Home In Paris. The contract is sent to the tenant one month before the beginning of the stay. The balance of the rental price is payable by the tenant when the keys are collected.
4. Rental deposit
The rent, tax, possible expense and deposit amounts are specified in the contract.
Upon arrival and at the latest when the keys are collected, the tenant shall pay the balance of the rent amount.
As the key delivery is automated, the balance of the rent should be deposited in the special safe. It shall be paid in euros. It may be paid in cash, French cheque, Credit card (before arrival) or traveller cheques.
Failing the payment of the balance of the rent upon collecting the keys, a EUR 20 amount shall be charged to the tenant, payable on the day after the arrival.
For all stays, the tenant should pay, when collecting the keys, an amount specified in the contract, as a guarantee deposit, intended to cover Home In Paris for any deterioration he may commit during the rental period and any product found missing when he leaves.
The guarantee deposit shall not bear interests, and shall not be considered as the payment of part of the rent.
The guarantee deposit shall be returned after deducting possible rental repairs, within 60 days after the departure of the tenant.
Whatever the duration of the period, any item lost, broken, deteriorated or damaged should be replaced or reimbursed to Home In Paris at its replacement value, by the tenant.
The return of the keys to Home In Paris at the end of the rental does not imply Home In Paris? waiver of the compensation for rental repair.
A fixed amount shall be kept for the premises cleaning. That amount is specified in the contract.
5. Sleeping arrangements
The premises under this agreement should not be occupied by a number of people exceeding that specified in the contract, unless otherwise agreed by Home In Paris. As needed, Home In Paris may request additional rent, or deny entrance.
6. Insurance
The tenant should be insured by a well known insurance company against theft risks, fire and water damages, both for rental risks and for the rented furniture, as well as for neighbours? claims, and furnish evidence thereof on Home In Paris?s request
As a result, Home In Paris declines any liability for any action that its insurance company could exercise against the tenant in the event of a claim.
7. Tenant's main duties
- Occupy the premises carefully, excluding the conduct of any business, profession or industry, as the tenant acknowledges that the rental is granted as a temporary and holiday residence, an essential condition without which this rent would not have been granted,
- Use the premises peacefully,
- Do nothing, itself or its family or friends, that could harm the peace of the neighbourhood or of the other occupants or disturb them in any way, including noise,
- In the event of a collective building, comply with the property?s policies in the capacity as occupant of the premises,
- Occupy the premises personally and not sub-let any part of the premises, even free of charge, or transfer his rights to this rent, unless otherwise agreed by Home In Paris and under penalty of the automatic termination hereof,
- Not store any furnishing furniture, except for laundry and small items,
- Not make any modification or change in the layout of the furniture and premises,
- Hand no clothes or linen on the balcony,
- Refrain from making any change to the gas, electricity and water systems existing on the leased premises.
- Introduce no animal on the rented premises, without Home In Paris?s prior authorisation, such authorisation being subject to the fact that the animal will cause no damage to the property and no disturbance in the neighbourhood,
- Let perform, during the rental, on the rented premises, any emergency work that cannot be postponed,
- Keep and return the rented premises in good clean condition and repaired at the end of the stay, including the electrical and bathroom facilities, the repair of which the tenant shall be made responsible for should they deteriorate as a result of his negligence or improper maintenance during the rental,
- Not throw waste, debris, tampons, wipes and household water in the yards, in the toilets and ducts of any sort,
- Immediately inform the lessor of any event and of any exteriorisation occurring on the leased premises, even if there is no visible damage. Failing his doing so he shall be responsible for any loss of any sort resulting from his silence or delay,
- Be responsible for any deterioration or loss occurring due to his fault or that of his family during the possession of the premises, unless he proves that they took place through no fault by him or his family.
8. Home In Paris' main duties
- Deliver the rented premises in good use and repair condition, as well as the facilities mentioned in the contract, in good working order,
- Ensure the tenant?s peaceful enjoyment of the leased premises and guarantee it against the defects and failure likely to prevent the same,
- Keep the premises in condition to be used according to the intended purpose,
- Unless in the event of an obvious emergency, not carry out any work on the leased premises during the rental period. Any work will result in compensation to the tenant, for the enjoyment disturbance sustained,
- In the event of force majeure making the chosen dwelling non inhabitable, offer the tenant either a same size dwelling (or larger) with the same (or better) services without any possible discount, or a smaller size dwelling with lower services, with a discount.
9. Liability
The tenant waives any liability proceedings or claim against Home In Paris in the event of:
- 1. theft, attempted theft, any tort or assault that the tenant could be victim of on the leased premises ; the tenant formally waives the benefit of article 1719 paragraph 3 of the civil code, and Home In Paris declines any duty of monitoring,
- 2. irregularities, improper operation or interruption of the elevators, of the water, electricity, gas, telephone, AC, electrical generator systems, of any information system and of the collective services or communal facilities of the property or rented dwelling,
- 3. damages caused to the leased premises and / or any piece of furniture therein as a result of leaks, infiltration, humidity or other circumstances,
- 4. actions causing damages by the other occupants of the property,
- 5. late arrival of the tenant on the premises, due to transportation difficulties,
- 6. disturbance, including noise, likely to take place outside the dwelling,
- 7. accidents occurring on the rented premises or in connection therewith, during the term of the lease, whatever the cause thereof,
- 8. any malfunctioning of the Internet or cable television, or in the event of any incompatibility between the dwelling(s equipment and that of the tenant.
11. Official address
For the performance hereof, the parties? official address shall be at their respective addresses specified in the contract or provided when booking.
12. Interpretation
In the event of any doubt regarding the interpretation of these general terms of sale, the French version shall prevail over the English version.