Once a shop located on the ground floor of a Parisian limestone building, dating from 1850, the premises, with a weighted floor area of approximately 36 m² – 33.7 m² of inhabitable floor area with an actual floor area of 39.4 m² – were completely renovated in 2020 in order to be converted into tourist accommodations with overwhelmingly positive results: visitors consistently rate it a “firm favourite” on its online reservation platform. With polished concrete floors, underfloor heating, a vast floor-to-ceiling height that ranges from 3 to 3.5 metres, exposed stone walls as well as ceiling beams, the premises exude a graphic quality in which light-colour wood highlights its darker details. Marketed as a “mini-loft”, the dual-aspect main room gives onto both the street and courtyard, while its open kitchen, lined by pine cupboards and topped with a gold-flecked black Indian granite countertop, provides enough room for six people to comfortably eat meals here. Overlooking the kitchen and accessible from the living room, a mezzanine, custom-designed in black metal, represents the flat’s sleeping quarters, whereas two to three single beds could also be easily set up in the living room. In addition, behind the kitchen, a door opens onto a bathroom with a lavatory and a large walk-in shower in gold-flecked black granite.
Currently used as tourist accommodations after a preliminary declaration was submitted to Paris City Hall, which, in turn, provided a tacit decision of non-opposition, its occupancy rate, over 80%, often surpasses 90% in the spring and summertime, while the gross annual income from this rental amounts, on average, to approximately 55,000 euros.