During the past years, numerous real estate projects in Mauritius have been sold under the Vente en l'État Futur d’Achèvement (VEFA) also known as the off-plan buying. Governed by the French Civil Code, this type of transaction allows the buyer to acquire a property which has yet to be built or whose construction has not yet been completed, on the basis of plans and descriptive and graphic documents, provided by the promoter.