Yearly rent review letter by the IRL index (France)
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For a landlord whose lease in France provides for a yearly rent review. The French letter applies the rent reference index (IRL) published by INSEE: current rent, old and new index for the same quarter, new rent and start date, with the one-year rule of art. 17-1 and the ban on reviewing the rent of a home rated F or G. Best sent by registered letter with proof of receipt, to keep the date of the request.
- Made for use in France
- Last updated October 13, 2026
When to use this document
- Your lease in France includes a yearly rent review and its anniversary date is coming up.
- You want to raise the rent in line with the rent reference index (IRL).
- You want to tell your tenant in writing the new rent and the date it applies from.
- You want a rent review letter that shows how the new rent is worked out.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Landlord
- Landlord's address
- Tenant
- Postal address of the rented home (street, then postcode and town on the next line)
- City
- Date
- Date of the lease
- Address of the property
- Yearly review date, day and month (e.g. 1 November)
- Current rent excluding charges, in euros
- Old IRL index (the lease's reference quarter)
- New IRL index (same quarter, a year later)
- Reviewed rent excluding charges, in euros
- Reviewed rent applies from
- Energy rating of the home (A to E; an F or G home cannot be reviewed)
Preview
This document is produced for you. Your answers are typed into it and the finished PDF is yours to keep.
Common questions
- How is the rent review calculated with the IRL index?
- New rent excluding charges = current rent × new index ÷ old index. The old index is that of the reference quarter named in the lease; the new one is the same quarter a year later. INSEE, the French statistics office, publishes the IRL each quarter free of charge, and service-public.gouv.fr offers a calculator. Service charges are not reviewed with the IRL: they follow actual costs.
- Can a landlord claim a rent review he or she forgot?
- For one year only. If the landlord does not state the wish to review within a year of the date set in the lease, the review for that past year is lost. If it is requested within that time, the reviewed rent applies from the request, with no back payment for past months (art. 17-1 of the French law of 6 July 1989). Hence the value of a dated letter sent by registered post.
- Can the rent of a home rated F or G be reviewed?
- No. Since 24 August 2022, in metropolitan France, the rent of a home rated F or G on the energy performance certificate may not be reviewed, increased or reassessed, even if the lease has a review clause (French law n° 2021-1104 of 22 August 2021). In metropolitan France, a home rated G is no longer decent for a lease concluded or renewed since 1 January 2025. The document therefore offers only ratings A to E.
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