You may need this service in the case of a sale, an estate settlement or simply to document the history of the property.

Example of a directory of documents needed for the property survey

Excerpt from a table of vendors

Combined maps : a century apart

Heading: house built in Izon, Gironde, by the historian and collector Jules Delpit (1808-1892).  At that time, it housed a library of 40,000 books and manuscripts. (Bordeaux Municipal Library).

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