In the 5th arrondissement, halfway between the Panthéon and the Place Maubert,
a 34-m² flat to renovate, on the third floor of a 17th-century building
a 34-m² flat to renovate, on the third floor of a 17th-century building
Paris,
PARIS
paris
75005
FR
Location
The former toponym of a neighbourhood that disappeared in 1855, in the Middle Ages, the Clos Bruneau corresponded to a parcel of vineyards dependent on the Sainte-Genevieve Abbey and the Saint-Marcel chapter. In the 16th century, booksellers, printers and bookbinders inundated the sector. The houses here were rented or bequeathed, via a will, from bookseller to bookseller. The cobblestone passageway, which bears the name of the previous neighbourhood, is full of former little shops, testimonies to its literary past. A stone’s throw away is the famous Place Maubert market, one of the oldest in Paris, while the untamed pathways and flowerbeds of the Jardin du Luxembourg as well as the extraordinary diversity of vegetation at the Jardin des Plantes are both accessible by foot. The Luxembourg, Maubert-Mutualité and Cardinal-Lemoine metro stations, as well as several bus stops, make this neighbourhood one of the capital’s true crossroads.
Description
Within the Sorbonne neighbourhood, in the shade of a passageway that abuts the Saint-Ephrem Church, the 17th-century building has a plaster-coated façade and is crowned by three stonework dormer windows. The flat, on the third floor, is accessible via a wooden 180°-turn staircase with an inclined guardrail, the stairwell of which is illuminated by trapezoidal windows.
With a surface area of approximately 34 m², facing southwest and northeast, the property opens onto an initial room of nearly 18 m² with a carved beam ceiling. Bathed in light by a window with a wrought-iron guardrail, the flat benefits from a shady view revealing a section of Saint-Ephrem and the former Irish College.
Adjacent, the second room of 11 m², with a terracotta tile floor, has a separate entrance. It leads to a lavatory, small kitchen and a bathroom.
Its current configuration is perfect for exercising a professional activity here, something that is authorised by the collective ownership property.
Once renovated, the property’s location within the boundaries of the Henri IV high school sector, between a no-through road and garden, its dual-aspect character and cachet, specific to the era of its construction, will make this a singular living space or a pied-à-terre, ideal for those who love history and silence.
With a surface area of approximately 34 m², facing southwest and northeast, the property opens onto an initial room of nearly 18 m² with a carved beam ceiling. Bathed in light by a window with a wrought-iron guardrail, the flat benefits from a shady view revealing a section of Saint-Ephrem and the former Irish College.
Adjacent, the second room of 11 m², with a terracotta tile floor, has a separate entrance. It leads to a lavatory, small kitchen and a bathroom.
Its current configuration is perfect for exercising a professional activity here, something that is authorised by the collective ownership property.
Once renovated, the property’s location within the boundaries of the Henri IV high school sector, between a no-through road and garden, its dual-aspect character and cachet, specific to the era of its construction, will make this a singular living space or a pied-à-terre, ideal for those who love history and silence.
Our opinion
Constructed during the Age of the Enlightenment, this flat occupies a privileged location in a neighbourhood emblematic of the Left Bank, at the foot of the Panthéon, a crossroads for Parisian intellectual life. Here, renowned academic institutions abound like Ecole Normale, the Henri IV high school and the Sorbonne University as well as independent bookshops and world-famous café terraces. A prestigious environment where the history of the City of Light was written – from Zola to Apollinaire and from Sartre to Hugo – and a luminous and calm flat, which, once restored, will represent a peaceful living space or an elegant pied-à-terre, endowed with a touch of the eternal.
493 500 €
Negotiation fees included
470 000 € Fees excluded
Reference 907112
| Total floor area | 33.32 m2 |
| Number of rooms | 2 |
| Number of bedrooms | 1 |
| Number of lots | 15 |
| Annual average amount of the proportionate share of expenses | 1291 € |
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NB: The above information is not only the result of our visit to the property; it is also based on information provided by the current owner. It is by no means comprehensive or strictly accurate especially where surface areas and construction dates are concerned. We cannot, therefore, be held liable for any misrepresentation.
