An old error in the property registry may force a resident to demolish the kitchen and bathroom and also incur expenses to rebuild everything.

Written by Fabio Lucas Carvalho

Published on 04/04/2026 at 14:54

Updated on 02/05/2026 at 20:21

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Failures in property registration in two cities in France led residents to discover, years after the purchase, that they were not full owners of the houses they live in, in cases involving chicken coops, partial demolition, and additional costs of up to 30 thousand euros

Errors in property registration in two French cities put residents in front of an unexpected and costly discovery: although they had lived in the locations for years, they found that they were not, in fact, complete owners of their own homes.

The cases came to light in Calvados and Maine-et-Loire and exposed financial losses and legal deadlocks.

Case in Calvados exposes wrong purchase

In Commes, in the department of Calvados, retiree Dominique Laigre discovered that the purchase he made did not correspond to the house where he lives. According to what he reported to TF1, he believed he had acquired the property, but, in practice, he only bought the chicken coop next door.

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Property registration also affects resident in Maine-et-Loire

In Trélazé, in the department of Maine-et-Loire, Didier Gautier faces a similar problem, but with a direct impact on the structure of his own residence. He lives in a property formed by two buildings connected by a structure and discovered that this connection originally corresponded to a passage between the two properties.

According to him, the error occurred in 1990, when he bought the first part of the property. Didier Gautier stated that the surveyor forgot to include the small passage and, therefore, he does not have the deed for that area.

In practice, the passage belongs to the neighbor. As a consequence, he will have to demolish that part of the house, an area of 10 square meters that includes the kitchen and the bathroom.

Legal rule maintains right of land owner

In addition to the demolition, Didier Gautier will have to bear an expense of 30 thousand euros to rebuild part of the residence. The case was explained by Jean-Baptiste Bullet, notary and spokesperson for the Chamber of Notaries of Paris.

According to him, Article 552 of the French Civil Code establishes that ownership of the land also includes what is above and below it. In practice, he added, if a neighbor builds on someone else’s land, even if only a few centimeters, the owner of the area retains the right to demand the removal of what has been erected on their property.

An old error in the property registry may force a resident to demolish the kitchen and bathroom and also incur expenses to rebuild everything.

Failures in property registration in two cities in France led residents to discover, years after the purchase, that they were not full owners of the houses they live in, in cases involving chicken coops, partial demolition, and additional costs of up to 30 thousand euros

Case in Calvados exposes wrong purchase

Property registration also affects resident in Maine-et-Loire

Legal rule maintains right of land owner

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