We are working with a long time (French) colleague who has identified a niche – well-priced Paris property being advertised outside the Estate agency circuit. This sector represents an astonishing 55% of the entire Paris market and the aim is to show the best properties available among the 4,200 private real estate offerings coming onto the market every year.

Here is a sampling of what he is finding, and for anyone in the know, the prices are definitely very interesting… (please contact us for more information)

BARBES APARTMENT: Where the 9th, 10th and 18th Arrondissements meet. 90m² in an up and coming area a short walk to Montmartre. 2 Bedrooms a living and a dining room (total 4 rooms) on the 1^st floor of a Haussmann style building, the apartment is sunny and spacious with antique wooden floors and high ceilings, and two cellars. It is a doctor’s surgery currently so will need some renovation.

ST GERMAIN DES PRES APARTMENT: In the 6th Arrondissement, around the church of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres. One bedroom, a living room, kitchen and bathroom on the 3^rd floor of a classic XVII Century building (built in about 1650), in the heart of the neighbourhood famed as the centre of intellectuals and philosophers, actors and musicians. The apartment has exposed beams and high ceilings, loads of charm, and is an ideal pied-à-terre. It does need some renovation.

108m2 and 3 bedrooms on the 1st floor of a Haussmann style free stone building near Pere Lachaise on Bvd Voltaire. This apartment needs some renovation but the price is exceptional. The Rue de Chemin Vert (green path) follows the route of an old foot path through the middle of the market gardens.

CHEMIN VERT APARTMENT: At the heart of the lively 11th Arrondissement. 108m2 and 3 bedrooms on the 1st floor of a Haussmann style free stone building near Pere Lachaise on Bvd Voltaire. This apartment needs some renovation but the price is exceptional. The Rue de Chemin Vert (green path) follows the route of an old foot path through the middle of the market gardens.

TURBIGO APARTMENT: Right in the heart of Paris Between Pompidou Centre and St-Eustache. 4th floor of 6 (with a lift) in a Haussmann style building, a 3 bedroom apartment of 85m2 just a 5 minute walk from Rue Montorgueil and many metro stations. There is no vis-a-vis and wide open views, a large entry hall and a dressing room, a balcony running the length of the facade, charming fireplaces, high moulded ceilings, Point de Hongrie oak floors, and an equipped kitchen and useful cellar. Some updating may be needed.

CONTACT US DIRECTLY FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PARIS NICHE PROPERTIES

FIne & Country France 00 33 (0) 4 925 925 93 / cannes@fineandcountry.com

http://www.fineandcountry.fr

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Haussmann’s renovation of Paris,  or the Haussmann Plan, was a mordernisation program of Paris commissioned by Napoleon III and directed by the Seine Prefect, Baron Georges -Eugene Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870, though work continued until the end of the 19th century.

His restructuring of Paris gave the city its’ present form; its’ long, straight, wide boulevards with their cafes and shops determined a new type of urban scenario and have had a profound influence on the everyday lives of Parisians.

Haussmann’s boulevards established the foundation of what is today the popular representation of the French capital around the world, cutting through the old Paris of dense and irregular medieval alleyways into a more rationally-designed city with wide avenues and open spaces which extended outwards fr beyond the old city limits (Wikipedia).

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