“All for one, one for all”

Jennifer is spending a year in Nice and is thinking of getting together with two other girls to enter into a joint tenancy or colocation. That means all three will sign the lease and — this she ought to think about — it will almost certainly contain une clause de solidarité which means that each signatory has total responsibility for payments (rent and charges). If one tenant defaults or takes off the other two would be required to make up the total amount. If Jennifer decides at any point to drop out of the arrangement she would have to give the landlord three months’ notice by registered letter with recorded delivery … or find an acceptable replacement. Colocation can get complicated.

From Reporter 106 - Dec 2004

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