> The only interesting thing here is how this rule was simply not being enforced by anyone. Turns out that not even the notary, whose job is to check these thi

> The only interesting thing here is how this rule was simply not being enforced by anyone. Turns out that not even the notary, whose job is to check these things when a property changes hands, does it. I am in a local Facebook group and there are multiple folks saying they got a bill from the tax office for an undeclared pool. They bought the house recently and thought that everything was fine and now surprise. Even worse, some of them don't even have permits, so on top of the extra taxes they have to go through the town permitting process from scratch. It seems that the program mentioned in the article, which is from 2022, has now expanded nationwide. Would be nice if the French govt would publish some stats once they are done with it.