Rent receipt for a flatshare in France: one or several?
It depends on the lease. With a single lease signed by everyone, the rent is that of the whole home: a rent receipt when it is paid in full, a plain receipt while it is only partly paid. With one lease per flatmate, each contract has its own rent and its own receipt.
Key points
Single lease — One rent for the home, one rent receipt when it is paid in full.
One lease per flatmate — Each contract has its rent, each rent its receipt.
Rent receipt or plain receipt, depending on what is paid
Enter the amount received: if it is less than the total, the template issues a plain receipt. Free, no sign-up.
One lease or several?§
The law defines a flatshare (colocation) as the letting of one home to several tenants who live there as their main residence, under a single contract or several contracts. A letting made only to a married couple or to PACS partners is not one.
Single contract
All flatmates sign the same lease. The rent and charges are those of the whole home.Several contracts
Each flatmate signs their own lease with the landlord, with their own rent.
Charges: provision or flat rate§
As for a furnished let, a flatshare lease can provide for flat-rate charges, with no reconciliation, instead of a provision reconciled every year. The receipt shows the amount set in the lease on the “Charges” line.
Provision or flat-rate charges: the detail, for a furnished letGeneral information on French law, up to date as of 28 October 2026. This is not legal advice: for a specific situation, a lawyer, a notary or the ADIL of your département (free consultation) can answer you.
Legal texts and sources (3)
- Loi n° 89-462 du 6 juillet 1989, article 8-1 (colocation : contrat unique ou plusieurs contrats, charges)
- Loi n° 89-462 du 6 juillet 1989, article 21 (quittance gratuite sur demande, reçu en cas de paiement partiel)
- Loi n° 89-462 du 6 juillet 1989, article 23 (régularisation des provisions pour charges)