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House with terrace Paris 16th (75)

A 320 m², 1930’s style house, with a patio and a garage, very near to the Bois-de-Boulogne in Paris’ 16th arrondissement. This elegant but unusual facade, typical of the 1930’s architecture, with its wide windows, fronts a freehold house. Recently and outstandingly renovated using quality materials, the owners have taken great care to preserve the period markers that give it its character. The lower level comprises a comfortable kitchen, a 2-car garage, two cellars and a separate toilet as well as laundry and boiler rooms. Following a flight of steps, a vestibule provides access to the reception level which opens on to a patio, where there is a summer eating area. A comfortably balanced, quarter-turning stairway goes to the three upper floors. On the first floor are a suite, with its library, featuring a bull’s eye window, a lounge area, a dressing room and a bathroom. The second floor comprises two bedrooms and their adjoining shower rooms. On the top floor, under the exposed roofing framework, a last suite is illuminated via seven windows set in the roof. The houseJust like its neighbour, this residence was designed by architect Louis-Salvan at the end of the 19th century. And yet, there is no trace of its original facade, which combined brick and stone in a highly fashionable, neo-renaissance style. The latter disappeared during the first set of major renovation works carried out on the house in the 1930’s. Owners of the premises have preferred to give the building a more sober appearance, typical of modern architecture. A level above the garage was added in 1948. The latest modifications date from 2009. Furthermore, this house has been subject to a resolution of the “Commission du Vieux Paris” (Commission on Old Paris), favouring its classification as a protected building. Base level Five steps lead down from the house’s entrance hall to the first, partially underground level. The space is laid out as a spacious kitchen with an eating area. This room receives light via two large, inward-opening windows, whilst being protected from onlookers. The minimalist style of the room features a black granite work surface, ivory-coloured gloss cupboards and sandstone floor tiles laid in a trelliswork pattern. Further on, a toilet, two cellars, a machine room and a laundry room, with cement floor tiles and panelling, are the mark of houses with no shortage of space. Another flight of steps provides access to the garage, able to take two cars. Mezzanine floor This slightly raised, L-shaped level is given over to the reception rooms. A few steps lead up to a vestibule from the entrance hall, naturally illuminated via a glass-tile fanlight above the front door. Here, an elegant concave wall features two symmetrical doors, genuine works of art made of wrought iron and curved glass. On one side, a first living room, where a 1930’s fireplace, set in the wall with a marble mantel, takes pride of place. Behind another door hides a pantry, the dumb-waiter of which makes it possible to send food from the kitchen to the dining room as quickly as possible. This dining room and the second lounge form a long, bright area, courtesy of its wide picture windows. A last, vast opening provides access to a patio and its exotic wood decking, a wonderful asset. First floor This entire floor is laid out as a suite. It is reached from the vestibule via a balanced, quarter-turning, wooden stairway. The first room, featuring an oculus or bull’s eye window, is designed as a television room. The second is a bedroom with its own lounge. This second set of rooms opens into a private bathroom, with a shower and flambé marble floor tiles. A door leads from there to a vast, fully panelled dressing room. Second floor The floor space here has been divided into two separate suites, each with its own shower … Read more