2 br Paris Home

The house is a unique Parisian rarity: a perfectly quiet house in the city facing onto a cobblestone pedestrian-only street, and backing onto the quiet greenspace and community gardens of the old Paris passenger railway (closed down 40 years ago, now a park). There is no car or truck traffic day or night. The house has been featured in international design magazines for its luminous pocket garden and interior design. Bedroom and study have the original wood flooring. It is approximately 95m2, extremely light and has a lovely bright study on the 2nd floor framed by two large windows that look forward onto the neighbouring gardens in the cobblestone alley and back onto the park (the room is currently used by a journalist/writer and is filled with bookshelves & a large desk). The basement is unfinished with laundry machine. There is a brand new prestige kitchen from the French manufacture Lapeyre. The house include one large bedroom, living room with dining area, small garden/patio, bathroom with bathtub, separate toilet, bright study/workspace that can be converted to a 2nd bedroom.

This house would be perfect for a couple or an academic with a project to finish. It is a quiet and creative space. Our neighbours in the houses around are either retired older french couples or younger owners in a variety of artistic fields: actors, film editors, architects, writers etc.

On the traditional French shopping street nearby (rue du Poteau), which has a village feel, there is a prize-winning bakery, several excellent butchers, an award-winning cheese shop, an independent wine shop stocking mostly organic lines, several lovely cafes with sunny terrasses, boutiques and florists (and a Monoprix supermarket for those less glamourous items). There are many excellent restaurants (French, Thai, African, Italian) near our street. And for those adventurous shoppers we are minutes away from Les Puces de Clignancourt, the largest high end flea market in the world, where you can buy vintage clothing and historic antiques side by side, or simply have a coffee in a cafe and people watch for hours. The Basilique of Sacre Coeur is a winding walk up the famous staircases that line the streets of the hill of Montmartre, on the way there you will pass a multitude of wonderful cafes and restaurants and landmarks like the Lapin Agile( where Picasso drank), the Bateau Lavoir (home of the Expressionist and Cubist art movements), and the pretty park Pinon Nora (with its playground and relaxing bamboo pond).

The metros close to our house give access to all of Paris: Line 4 sweeps straight through the heart of the city past Beaubourg/Pompidou Museum, Chatelet and St. Michel (for Notre Dame Cathedral) and runs every two or three minutes, and Line 12 makes a zizzag through the city touching off at the Opera, the Louvre, Saint-Germain shops, and the Musee dOrsay. We are close to Jules Joffrin Metro on Line 12 and Porte de Clignancourt on line 4. The train station Gare Du Nord, where the high speed trains to London and Amsterdam arrive and depart, is approximately five minutes away on the metro and the RER (high speed commuter rail lines) leave from Gare Du Nord as well.

There is a washing machine, a well equipped kitchen and high speed wireless internet.

• ·Full Kitchen
• ·Gas Grill
• ·High-Speed Internet
• ·Linens Provided
• ·Patio
• ·Terrace

• ·Alarm Clock
• ·Blender
• ·CD Player
• ·Coffee Maker
• ·Freezer
• ·Iron and Board
• ·Oven
• ·Phone
• ·Radio
• ·Refrigerator
• ·Stereo
• ·Toaster
• ·Washer/Dryer (private)