Apartment Boulogne-Billancourt (92)
A large 63-m², two-room flat with a double living room and balconies on the upper floor of a building with lift near the Porte de Saint-Cloud in Boulogne, on the outskirts of Paris. Located on the 4th floor of an elegant ashlar stone building, constructed in 1958, the flat has 63 m² of floor space with a minimum ceiling height of 1.80 metres and 67 m² overall. With glass double doors along its façade opening onto small balconies with Art Nouveau-inspired curves from the 1st to the 7th floors, the building also has a remarkable Art Deco-style front door in wrought iron and wired glass, preceded by two steps, which opens onto a recently renovated foyer, while the stairwell, with graphic lines, is also in mint condition. In addition, the curved shape of the lift shaft, evoking the 1950s, echoes the disc-shaped doorknobs used throughout the building. The flat’s entrance hall, which includes a cupboard, opens to the left onto a voluminous double living room of nearly 30 m². Two pairs of glass doors, each with a balcony, look out onto the canopy of the plane trees lining the avenue. To the right, the entrance hall leads to a kitchen, located in a quiet area at the back of the building with unobstructed views. The bedroom, of more than 11 m² – separated from the kitchen by a simple partition – shares the same view and is bathed in light by a pair of glass doors that also open onto a balcony. Opposite the bedroom, a bathroom stands adjacent to a separate lavatory. Walls and ceilings meet at a height of more than 2.6 metres with a simple, rounded moulding, typical of buildings from the 1930s, while the narrow-plank hardwood floors, in need of refurbishment, are arranged in an original geometric pattern.
$551,800
By Patrice Besse