How to sign off an email in French

[BoogleMcGroogle]

My spoken French is okay and my written French intelligible but email wasn't a thing when I did French A-level! We are renovating/ taking over a family holiday home and I now have to write several emails in French.

What's an appropriate way to sign off to:
A builder we are on first name terms with, and have met a few times, including socially.
Our neighbour who we are on friendly, chatting terms with.
A neighbour I don't really know, whose business services we will be using.

Any help from French emailers gratefully received!

Not a clue.
From my O level French I'd say a bientot but that will be wrong.
Would be nice to see the correct answer which is why I'm replying.

I was considering a bientot- but I'm not going to see them soon! Maybe I'm taking it a bit literally. Might give up overthinking and just go with ciao....

I send emails in French in work, I don’t speak French I use a template and I end with ‘Cordialement’ then my name

Meilleurs sentiments means best wishes.

Maybe that would work.

I live in France. In the situations you describe I would use (and have received responses with the same) “cordialement “.

Yep..

Cordialement.

Another vote for Cordialement, friendly but not too friendly!

I live and work in France.
Imo the only one which it would be appropriate to use 'cordialement' for here is the last one - the person you don't really know. For the others it is too cold / formal.
For the others you can use 'amicalement' / bonne journée or even à bientôt if you are seeing them soon.

Bien à vous,
Your name

DP is French and says Cordialment is the way to go

Bonnet de douche

Yes

Cordialement

Amicalement

mclady mange tout, mange tout

I was just coming on to say cordialement, but I see others have beaten me to it!

You can also use 'bien cordialement' and 'bien à toi/vous' (kind regards) if you want to mix it up a bit. Amicalement is good too for a more casual exchange.

Bonne courage!

Thank you. I'll go for cordialement for the first the third and amicalement for our neighbour and see what they come back with!

I really need to get to some French classes. I used to be able to chat away in French on an evening out and now I find myself going around the houses to say some simple things. It doesn't help that French people, especially younger ones, speak pretty good English and take pity too quickly.

Mamansnet- mon dieu! You've now stirred the vous/toi hornet's nest. That delicate balance renders me silent with fear. It's really hard to have a conversation with a builder you once shared a fondue with without using the word you!

I used to work in Paris. I was the only non-French person in the office (but that's a whole other story). We ended emails with 'Cordialement' or if you're asking the recipient to do something for you 'Merci d'avance'.

I’d go with bien à vous or cordialement. We use the former here (Belgium) more.

Mange tout! Mange tout!

Tell me about it! I find myself using vous for people on the phone at work, then when we meet in person I realise they're my own age and it's all utterly ridiculous.

I've started asking anyone who isn't a client to use tu with me because "my brain doesn't have enough RAM to cope with the verbs", not to mention remembering who I tutoie and vouvoie. To be fair they take pity on me and only one person has continued using vous with me. I think most French people appreciate the effort i make to speak French so they're happy to oblige. And I suspect that they're secretly glad that we're much less uptight about being formal!

Oh and I have a college tutor who insists on using vous with me (quite rightly). We were all having drinks one night and I did ask him if it was really necessary to use vous when the other students weren't around, because it's a pain in the arse. We get on like a house on fire, so I find it weird for that reason too. Anyway, he got a bit flustered and said no, I HAVE to call you vous! So I told him that's fine for now, but as soon as my course is finished I'm using tu and he's going to have to get used to the idea

Again, i suspect the French find us Brits secretly refreshing!