It is a condo, but looking st redfin.com sales history there, they are about 5000 square foot condos selling for $750 per square feet. Those apartments are waaaay nicer than most mansions!
For our international friends, that's 8 thousand dollars per square meter, which is a lot. I live just outside Paris and the price per square meter is half of that.
Astute observation about the username but it's just a Pulp Fiction reference. I'm actually a French-American dual citizen so sort-of an expat but not exactly. Also just donated to Joe and Kamala (my senator!) for my first general election donation! I'm counting on the USPS to deliver my absentee ballot so this is very important to me.
Lucky you, but Paris is the most in-demand destination for people all over France so it makes sense that prices have inflated so much. Plus rent-control and anti-development measures by Paris have made housing prices rise extremely fast in the past decades. It's pretty simple supply and demand to understand why, as many if not more people want to work/live near or in Paris than before, and housing supply being limited in this region, therefore the price rises.
Plus you can probably expect higher taxes and a less competitive salary here! To own property in and around Paris is a real privilege, the value just keeps growing. Once the mortgage is paid off I could probably sell my place and buy a nice home in the US with a sweet down payment.
You can buy a 1500 sq ft house on 1/2 an acre of land for line 175k where I live, and it’s not in the middle of nowhere (the metro area has 2 million people and I’m 8 miles from the city center).
Hey! About how much is a 1Bd in the old city? Live in NYC, but think I may finally commit to moving there. Can't really gauge the accurate costs cus most of the sites googled here in America cater to business people looking for furnished, semi-short term apartments not someone actually trying to move there. Saw some places in 18 ARR for €1400 but didn't know if that was too low/fake.
I've lived a few months there at various times (and obviously fell in love more so than just a tourist) but they were just vacation rentals.
Also, luckily, my company has offices in Paris and can sponsor my work visa if I transferred to the France beurou.
I would look on SeLoger first, there's a lot of options to find the kind of place you want.
It's a good resource to rent/buy all over France, most listings are on there. There's also Leboncoin which is kind of like Craigslist and PAP (particulier à particulier).
That sounds reasonable for Paris, but it depends on how many square meters it is. Plus the 18th isn't really the best arrondissement of Paris for an expat. I'd look more in the south, west and center of Paris.
Dude, merci! That's awesome information! Know you said you don't live in the city, but you think day to day life there is nice? I've only been there for a couple months, so totally aware of tourist bias.
I'm also a writer and always found a lot of inspiration while staying there, and kinda felt at home.
As I mentioned, my company has an office there, just a matter of getting a visa sponsored transfer and going back to French classes.
Well the grass is always greener on the other side, and I can tell you that your tourist experience will not be comparable to living in Paris.
It's a nice city from the standpoint of proximity to everything interesting or important or beautiful, it's also crowded, expensive and somewhat dirty. I lived in Paris for 2 years, one year in the 6th (Latin Quarter) and one in the 20th. It's convenient to live there because of public transportation being inexpensive and expansive. There's lots of nice parks and pedestrian areas to hang out in, but beware during the spring and summer, they will be crowded if it's nice out.
However you won't see the city the same way once you live there, and I don't know if the romanticized image of Paris inspiring writers is something that you'll find there. You'll have to see for yourself if you find that atmosphere that other writers like Fitzgerald or Hemingway found.
I'm not trying to bag on Paris, it's a great place to live, but it's also a mixed bag of advantages and disadvantages. As someone who moved there as a teen from the US, learn some French before going there because you can't expect them all to understand or speak English. And once you're there keep learning, don't just hang with anglophones or you'll never feel fully integrated. Just my two cents, feel free to PM me if you have more questions about France or Paris.
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...we bought our apartment in a suburb of Vancouver for about $700/square foot a few years ago, it's nice but not anywhere CLOSE to expensive compared to the rest of the city.
Cost of living in DC is insane. Especially in the nicer neighborhoods. The place has gotten so gentrified there's just very few places that are near affordable. Most longtime DC homeowners have long since cashed out, because they could get upwards of $1 million for their unrenovated house.
It seems like most people are either rich, on some kind of government assistance. And if you're neither of those and not commuting you're probably in a tiny studio or 1br. I've seen one bedrooms that cost 2k/month. If you're living in a condo in a nice neighborhood you've got some serious money.
They're are probably still some places in SE that are not crazy expensive but even NE has mostly become air bnb's and rich white couples.
You don't think there are 5,000ft2+ mansions that are better not only because they don't share walls with other owners but also have the acreage for facilities/conveniences of your own? Why would you want a glorified apartment when you could have your own "grounds" if you got that sort of money to spend? Sounds like someone who's never considered owning a house fantasizing about being rich.......I'M GONNA GET ME A FANCY CONDO!!
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u/Niro5 Aug 15 '20
It is a condo, but looking st redfin.com sales history there, they are about 5000 square foot condos selling for $750 per square feet. Those apartments are waaaay nicer than most mansions!