La remise des clés suit le constat locatif.

La remise is a noun, while remettre is a verb.

• remettre = to hand over / to give back / to put back
• la remise = the handover / the delivery / the giving back

In this sentence, French needs a noun because it is talking about the handover of the keys as an event or step in a process.

So:

• La remise des clés = the handing over of the keys

Des clés here means of the keys, not some keys.

That is because des can have different meanings in French:

1. des = some
2. des = contraction of de + les, meaning of the

In la remise des clés, it is the second case:

• de + les clés → des clés
• la remise des clés = the handover of the keys

So this is a possessive-type structure, similar to the handover of the keys, not a handover of some keys.

Suit is the third-person singular present form of the verb suivre, which means to follow.

Conjugation:

• je suis
• tu suis
• il/elle/on suit
• nous suivons
• vous suivez
• ils/elles suivent

The subject of the sentence is La remise des clés, which is singular, so French uses suit:

• La remise des clés suit... = The handover of the keys follows...

Because French word order here is the normal pattern:

• Subject + verb + object/complement

So:

• La remise des clés = subject
• suit = verb
• le constat locatif = what comes after / what is followed

Literally, the structure is:

• The handover of the keys follows the rental inspection/report

This is the same basic order as in English.

Constat locatif is a housing/rental term. It refers to a formal inspection, condition report, or record of the state of the property in a rental context.

Depending on the country or legal context, it may refer to something like:

• an inventory/check-in or check-out report
• a condition report for a rented property
• a formal observation document related to the rental

So this is not everyday conversational vocabulary; it sounds more administrative or legal.

French uses articles much more often than English.

Here:

• la remise = the handover
• le constat locatif = the rental inspection/report

In English, some official labels or headings might drop the, but in French it is very normal to keep the article.

So French prefers:

• La remise des clés suit le constat locatif.

rather than leaving the nouns bare.

Because locatif is an adjective describing constat, and constat is singular masculine.

Agreement:

• constat = singular masculine
• so the adjective is locatif

If the noun were plural, it would change:

• les constats locatifs

If the noun were feminine, the adjective form would also change.

Yes. Both clés and clefs exist, and both mean keys.

Today, clés is the more common modern spelling.
So in most modern texts, you are more likely to see:

• les clés

rather than:

• les clefs

A very literal translation is:

• The handover of the keys follows the rental inspection/report.

But in more natural English, depending on context, you might say:

• The keys are handed over after the rental inspection.
• Key handover takes place after the rental inspection.
• The handover of the keys comes after the rental inspection.

French often uses noun-based administrative phrasing like la remise des clés, whereas English often prefers a more verbal phrasing such as the keys are handed over.

Yes, it sounds fairly formal, administrative, and procedural.

Clues that make it sound formal:

• la remise des clés instead of a more everyday verbal expression
• constat locatif, which is specialized rental vocabulary
• the overall style sounds like instructions, a contract, or a housing procedure document

In casual everyday French, someone might say something simpler depending on the situation, but this sentence is perfectly normal in official or practical contexts.