I want to sell my apartment, how to give notice to my tenant?

The sale of your property is a valid reason to give notice to your tenant. However, rules of form and substance must be respected to ensure the termination of the contract and the vacancy of the premises.

When the furnished rental contract constitutes the tenant's primary residence, the lease is tacitly renewed at each annual due date.

In this case, you must give notice to your tenant before the end of the initial or renewed term, with a notice period of at least 3 months before its anniversary date.

The notice must be served by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt or by a bailiff's deed or delivered in person against receipt or signing. The notice must be addressed to all signatories of the lease. The notice to sell amounts to an offer of sale to the tenant. The tenant may become the buyer of the property and enjoys a right of preemption, under certain conditions.

When the furnished rental contract does not constitute the tenant's principal residence, or in the case of a student rental contract, the lease automatically ends on the date provided in the contract without the need to give notice, and it is not tacitly renewed. The tenant has no preemption rights on the sale.

In all cases, regardless of the type of lease signed with your tenant, the latter has the right to occupy the dwelling until the date provided in the initial contract. It is, however, possible to sell your occupied property. The rental contract will then be transferred to the buyer under the terms of the initial contract.