Housing visits Day 2

Another day of housing visits! At least i didn't oversleep this time.

Visit #1 – 9^th arr. Nice, clean, big (relatively speaking) but boring. And in a boring quartier, mostly commercial area.

Visit #2 - 9^th arr again, but more towards the 18^th, so a bit more lively. Gorgeous apartment, this I loved as much as Visit #6 yesterday! They were renovating it, but keeping all the charm – the moldings, the fireplaces, etc. Big too, though no closets. Hmmmm...if this was in one of my neighborhood preferences i would have snapped it up.

Visit #3 - 7^th arr. Pretty nice, but boring area.

Visit #4 – 7^th arr again. Charming, some nice touches, stained glass, etc. But kitchen had tiniest washing machine i'd ever seen!! Even smaller than the normal small washing machines! It was like for baby clothes something. I don't even think a large beach towel would have fit!

Visit #5 – 7^th arr again....Good size, lots of closets, great kitchen. But ugly carpet, and weird layout in living room would have precluded my furniture. Anyway, i don't want to live in the 7^th, people!

Odile and I went back to Monday's #6, on Boulevard La Grenelle in the 15^th arr. I know i loved it, but it was getting smaller and smaller in my head. Luckily enough, it had not shrunk to the size that was in my head. :) But is it big enough for all my furniture? Well, no. I will have to make some decisions on what to store in the cave, what to get rid of, etc. And I will have to make some very creative storage decisions. Good thing there's IKEA in Paris (well in the suburbs at least).

But i'm happy. A charming apartment, in an old Paris building, in a pleasant neighborhood. A non-chic, non-pretentious, non-touristy neighborhood. Yet, the Champ de Mars (the large grassy area in front of the Eiffel Tower) is only about a 5 min jog away!

Despite it's non chic-ness, supposedly Brangelina lives there! Though of course their apt has a view of the Eiffel Tower. Well, i'll let you all know if i bump into Brad or Angelina at Monoprix.