The corner edifice in which the apartment lies has five floors as well as a top floor that was formerly used for domestic staff. It stands on a calm street in the heart of the 10th arrondissement of Paris, not far from the district’s town hall. The building’s elevations are rendered and pale. They are elegantly understated in style and punctuated with wrought-iron guardrails and wooden louvred shutters. The entrance door that leads into the edifice is fitted with an entry code system and an intercom for security. It takes you into a hallway with a lift and a staircase of polished wood that was recently renovated. Each landing connects to two apartments. Up on the fifth floor, the apartment’s entrance door leads into a hallway with a floor of cement tiles. On the left, there is a kitchen with a floor area of around 9m². It faces south and includes an eating area. On the right, there is a lounge with a floor area of around 33m². Its four sets of French windows, which are not at all overlooked, bathe this spacious room in natural light and lead out onto the continuous balcony. A fireplace could easily be installed on the large wall where a fireplace once stood. A wooden quarter-turn staircase painted white leads up to a bedroom with sloping attic ceilings. This bedroom offers a floor area of around 20m². Three dormer windows with balconies fill it with natural light. Back in the hallway, opposite the entrance door, a corridor connects to two bedrooms that each offer a floor area of around 11m² and lead out onto the continuous balcony. Lastly, at the end of the corridor, there is a bathroom with a washing machine and a tumble dryer. This bathroom requires some renovation. There is a separate lavatory beside the bathroom. Modern wood strip flooring and mosaic parquet, which is older, extend across the apartment, except in the corridor, kitchen and bathroom, which each have their own tiled floors. All the windows are double-glazed. The gas heating is provided on a private basis rather than a communal basis.