HouseMulhouse (68)

Offices in an elegant 19th-century edifice in Mulhouse city centre, opposite a park. The edifice was built at the end of the 19th century. It has five floors, the top two of which are in the building’s grand mansard roof of slate and zinc. A tree-dotted garden separates it from a neighbouring property. The walls of its base course are made of pink sandstone from the nearby Vosges mountains. The two main elevations face respectively north, on the street Rue de la Sinne, and south-west, on the street Rue Lamartine. They are punctuated with seven bays adorned with pilasters and finely sculpted surrounds. A corner tower joins these two elevations together. An adjoining two-floor section extends the edifice towards the garden.
The building’s thick main door of finely sculpted wood beneath a glazed fanlight leads to a few stairs inside that take you up to the entrance hall. This hallway connects to the offices, the garden, a cellar, a lavatory and the upper floors via a timber spiral staircase.
The offices are on the ground floor. From outside, this level stands out from the upper floors for its ornamental horizontal grooves and its tall windows adorned with pear-shaped balusters beneath their sills. The layout of the rooms is practical: each office can be reached from the communal areas.
A consulting firm has been renting these offices since 2001. The current rent, excluding bills, is €1,500 per month, which provides a gross return of over 8%.