The Flat

Once past the double door entrance, which provides plunging views of the flat’s living areas, highlighted by the dazzling Provencal light and soaring floor-to-ceiling heights, its overall and sumptuous atmosphere becomes immediately apparent: floor-to-ceiling moulded wood panelling, painted in light-colour tones, matches perfectly with its doors designed in the same style, while gleaming beige floor tiles extend the feeling of overall light and warmth.
On one side of the entrance hall, a small, inconspicuous door gives on to a lavatory, another one opens on to a kitchen, while the living area itself is made up of central living room, which communicates with a large library on one side and the kitchen on the other. All accessible from a dual-aspect conservatory, extended by the main patio, which provides unobstructed views of the surrounding landscape, these spaces feature wide, aluminium-framed sliding glass doors that bathe the conservatory in abundant sunlight, wood panelling, beige tiles matching those in the entrance hall and built-in wooden cupboards that ensure the flat’s overall decorative unity.
In addition, from the library, a hallway leads to two bedrooms looking out, thanks to wide picture windows, over the western-facing garden. Decorated with hardwood floors and beige-tinted walls, each of these rooms includes moulded wooden cupboards and their own shower rooms, renovated in the same light-colour tones and highlighted by moulded woodwork and colourful marble.
As for the other side of the flat, the living room communicates with the kitchen and its eating area located in the conservatory. With built-in moulded wooden cupboards, designed in the same style as the others in the flat, and a white tile floor, from the kitchen, a hallway provides access, to the north, to the flat’s more utilitarian rooms – a cellar, pantry and laundry room – and, to the south, to a study, with hardwood floors and a colour scheme that recalls that of the bedrooms, followed by its own bathroom.

The Patio

Substantial in size with large-format tiles, laid joint to joint, it faces fully south and, thanks to its elevated position, provides breath-taking views of the landscape to the south of Aix, including the Pilon du Roi, framed by the bell towers of its historic downtown area. In addition, the patio, acting as a central space linking all the living spaces to one another – living room, dining room and kitchen – is extended to the south by a grassy area planted with olive trees.

The Garden

To the west, the patio leads to a cosier space, ideal for relaxation, thanks to its hedge planted with many tall trees and the surrounding vegetation of the shared gardens. Furthermore, a small gate provides private and direct access to the commonhold property’s swimming pool, located below.

The Shared Outdoor Spaces

A small wooden staircase leads to the commonhold property’s swimming pool and tennis court, which are shielded by large white concrete walls, punctuated by openings in order to play with the perspectives of the surrounding countryside and dazzling Provencal sunlight. An initial landing leads to the 12 x 5-metre, fully tiled, swimming pool, completely sheltered from view except from the flat’s own garden, which overlooks it, while a second landing, located further down, provides access to the tennis court surrounded by dense vegetation.