Built in 1917 of ashlar and rubble stone, the villa was extended during the 20th century. With more than 500 m² of living space, it is two stories high with a raised ground floor and built over a semi-underground basement. The top floor has an overhanging roof highlighted by a moulded cornice with dentils. It rises above the rest of the house, showing that it was added after the house was built. Set at the back of the plot, it faces south and on the east side is flanked by an outbuilding that houses a summer kitchen (approx. 27 m²) and an independent studio flat (approx. 27 m²). The 750 m² wooded garden includes a swimming pool and parking for several vehicles. The oldest part of the main south-facing façade is dominated by a moulded sundial in its centre, which separates the two original bays, with a third added on the western extension of the building. Like the upper floors, the ground floor is pierced by high, low-arched windows with central moulded keystones, and the first floor by straight windows, almost all of which are bordered by wrought-iron railings with diamond-shaped motifs. Like the quoins, the window surrounds are toothed in dressed stone and rendered in white, contrasting slightly with the beige tone of the rest of the façade - with a separate base of pointed rubble stone. Lastly, the first three storeys are separated by floor bands, with the last storey standing apart from the others as it is lower than the others, framed by two roofs and without any moulding. The roofs of the various parts of the building are mainly two-sloped with canal tiles or one-sloped for the oldest part, reworked in places, and topped by several chimney stacks.

The house

The ground floor
A few steps lead up to the porch, which opens onto a vast hall with a marble floor. Warmly-coloured wood panelling on the walls introduces the maritime spirit that reigns in the house and cleverly decorates the wall of a lift that leads to all floors. The south-facing hall leads to a first living room with a floor covered in refined inlaid parquet flooring, a second, more intimate living room with a stone and brick fireplace, a bespoke wooden bookcase and herringbone parquet flooring. Following on from this in a row, is a dining room with the same parquet flooring, facing south and east, which opens onto a fitted kitchen tiled in white with black cabochons. The ceilings of the reception rooms are moulded and their windows are topped with transoms. From the kitchen, a glass door opens onto the garden, while a staircase leads down to the basement. Toilets complete the level.
The first floor
A sweeping wooden staircase with a metal banister leads up to the first floor, lit up by a window adorned with shimmering stained glass. On the east side, the landing leads to a master bedroom with parquet flooring and fitted wardrobes, which is south-facing with plenty of light from two large picture windows, a wardrobe and a bathroom. On the west side, a corridor leads to a study with fitted wardrobes, reached by the lift and opening onto a terrace, three comfortable bedrooms, a shower room and a bathroom. The floors are covered with solid parquet in the bedrooms and tiles in the bathrooms, which have been designed in the spirit of the yachts so dear to the last occupant of the property.
The second floor
Under the roof, more than 120 m² has been converted into an independent flat for friends and family. Reached by a lift, it is also accessible from the first floor via the sweeping staircase, emblematic of Marseille houses from the early 20th century, with its terracotta-tiled steps and wooden banister. The fan-shaped hallway leads to a storage room, an attic bedroom with fine strip parquet flooring, a lounge/diner with similar parquet flooring and exposed beams on the ceiling and two walls, which opens onto a terrace with unobstructed views, a small room that has started to be converted into a kitchen, but not yet finished, a blue-tiled bathroom with a bath and shower, and a separate toilet.
The basement
The lower level, which is semi-underground, is accessible either from the garden by climbing down a few steps, or via the staircase in the utility room, or via the lift. A corridor with porthole doors that resembles the passageway of an ocean liner leads to the various rooms in the basement: on the one side, Charles Aznavour's manager's former studio, which then became a dance studio and is now a games room, with a white tiled floor and blue-painted walls. On the other side there is an office, a storage room, a laundry room with a toilet, a boiler room and a wine cellar.