This study shows that these municipalities charge prices that are at least 50 percent above the national average, sometimes even twice as much when we compare the provincial districts in this ranking.
The trustee is this organization, usually professional (through companies, real estate agencies, service providers, etc.), that represents the association of co-owners.
Common areas, internal arrangements…
It administratively and financially manages the common areas of common property (buildings or other residences) and represents co-owners in legal proceedings and lawsuits regarding common property. It also governs the proverbial “internal regulations” of a condominium and can also be activated in the event of a disaster or business.
But their services come at a cost for co-owners. end of 2022, According to Le Figaro, the average annual price of trustee fees for a co-owner was between €150 and €200 per plot; The plot represented a residence and its share of common area. The newspaper also reports that these fees are increasing by about 10% each year.
According to a study conducted in October 2023 by start-up Matera, the 4th player in property management in France (and the first online), this average price in France means: €213 per year and per lot, excluding additional costs. For example, for a co-ownership consisting of 10 plots of land or 10 residential units, the trustee’s bill will amount to 2,130 euros per year, to be divided among the different co-owners.
The minimum annual package for shared ownership with additional costs is on average between €3,000 and €4,000 in France. MySweeImmo site details. These prices may vary according to the number of common ownership in a building and/or the surface area of the house, as well as by region. These prices per year and per plot of land are generally higher in Île-de. -Up to €100 less than in the provinces in France.
Three municipalities in Aveyron in national top 10 for most expensive trustees
In general: Because this study by Matera, who claims to manage approximately 8,000 co-ownerships for 150,000 co-owners in France, also identified the Top 10 French municipalities where trustees are the most expensive in France (average price). And lo and behold, at least three municipalities appear to be there in Aveyron, Rodez (just behind Versailles), Onet-le-Château And Espalion). Here is the ranking:
Argentan (Orne), with €324 / batch / year trustee fees.
Versailles (Yvelines), €320 / batch / year trustee fees.
Rodez with (Aveyron) €312 / batch / year trustee fees.
Onet-le-Château with (Aveyron) €310 / batch / year trustee fees.
Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt (Yvelines), with average trustee fee €302 /lot/year.
Avallon (Yonne), Montceau-les-Mines (Saône-de-Loire), connected Espalion (Aveyron), Saint-Valéry-en-Caux (Seine-Maritime) and Dieppe (Seine-Maritime), which have an average trustee fee of €300/lot/year respectively.
These three municipalities in Aveyron display the highest trustee fees not only in Occitanie but in the whole of Southern France; in contrast, the Hautes-Garonnaise municipalities of Plaisance-du-Touch (€147/lot/year) and Léguevin (€146/lot/year) are the cheapest.
Free prices, competition, law…
The research also reveals that one in five condominiums pay more than €350 per lot per year in trustee fees. Prices that may affect the budget of the co-owner in case of additional costs, disasters, works agreed at the general meeting or other situations.
If the trustee’s profession is regulated, the prices he charges are free, to the great dismay of consumer associations that regularly decry this variability. However, since the Alur law of 2014, trustees can no longer receive bank interest on payments from a syndicate of co-owners and must open a separate account in the name of that syndicate.
To reduce the bill, the co-owners association can introduce competition each time the trustee’s contract, which is limited to 3 years, is renewed. Online trustees are the cheapest, with fees ranging from €80 to €100.
