What are the minimum furnishings for a furnished rental?

Until the summer of 2015, no law text provided a list of furniture essential for daily life for a tenant of a furnished dwelling. Now, the July 31, 2015 decree (n°2015-981) sets out the minimum list of furniture indispensable to allow the tenant to sleep, eat, and live in the dwelling.

The furnished dwelling must include at minimum the following furniture:

• bed with a duvet or blanket;

• window blackout devices in rooms intended to be used as a bedroom;

• hobs;

• an oven or a microwave oven;

• a refrigerator and a freezer or, at minimum, a refrigerator with a compartment allowing a temperature of -6°C or lower;

• the dishes necessary for meals;

• kitchen utensils;

• a table and seating;

• storage shelves;

• lighting fixtures;

• household cleaning equipment suitable for the characteristics of the dwelling (linens and kitchen utensils must be suited to the number of occupants).

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