Property hunter Paris 15e for an independent Parisian

Found!

Discover a search quickly conducted by Sophie Ithurbide, our Paris 15th apartment hunter. Determined to share her apartment, Laurena wanted to start buying real estate for the first time: but how could she decide, in a few hours, for such an investment?

How do you bounce back after a roommate?

Laurena is a 27-year-old lady, who works in a start-up and currently lives in a shared apartment in a beautiful apartment, located in Saint-Michel. Ready to take a new stage in her life, she is now determined to find her little “home”..

Is it possible to invest when you are overwhelmed?

The extremely tense context of the Parisian market, in the segment of goods for small surfaces, requires very lively reactivity. With limited availability, limited to lunch and dinner hours, Laurena decided to call on an apartment hunter, to optimize her chances of finding the rare pearl... But beyond the obvious time savings of her approach, she also hoped to benefit from her network, to visit properties in a “preview”...

How did Laurena trust HOME SELECT?

While surfing the Internet, to find an apartment hunter in Paris, Laurena came across the Home Select site, which has good visibility on the Internet, with its keywords. After going through the various certified reviews left on this space, she decided to leave a message, describing her research in a few words.

How should we approach this research?

As soon as the email was received, the Home Select apartment hunter, Sophie Ithurbide, immediately put herself in contact with Laurena: from the first appointment, held near her work, in a café, Sophie discovered a customer who was definitely ready to buy. A first good point with a first-time buyer! During this meeting, Sophie also clearly underlined the aggressive nature of the Paris market, for small-scale properties. Most leaving in just a few hours. Indeed, targeted by rental investment, they attract the desires of an extremely varied public. Laurena had to be aware of this, so that they could, together, carry out this purchasing project to the end.
Sophie Ithurbide, our Home Select property researcher, particularly enjoys this type of research. But, in order to function, it is necessary for both parties to be in the same state of mind, namely to be reactive and very dynamic.. By complying with this condition Sine qua non, there is absolutely no reason not to position yourself first in terms of property.

What should a real estate hunter pay attention to?

During this first meeting, Laurena naturally provided our real estate hunter with all the essential elements to start her search. She had a budget of €290,000 and agreed to carry out work if necessary. She wanted a minimum of 22 m², with a real kitchen (and not a closet!). Not to mention well-maintained common areas. That being said, the apartment could be on the ground floor as well as upstairs, with an elevator, from three floors. In terms of location, Laurena has only issued one restriction: avoid neighborhoods that are too popular. Her desire is for her to feel safe, ideally in lively neighborhoods. And, contrary to the usual requests made to the apartment hunter, it did not matter to him whether his property was located near his work or not.

What alternatives are there to offer proposals to Laurena?

Naturally, given Laurena's budget, she could not pretend to stay in her neighborhood, in Saint-Michel. But nothing prevented you from looking around, in the 14th, 15th or even 16th arrondissement. But, beyond the search area, finding small-scale properties in Paris requires above all to activate your network to make a difference! To satisfy Laurena, Sophie mainly relied on one of her Century 21 contacts, to be able to offer her properties to visit.

What events marked the research?

Our apartment hunter then offers several properties to Laurena: for this, she sends him the available photos, to determine if a visit is necessary or not. Quickly, one of them caught his attention: it was located near the Pitié-Salpetrière hospital, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris and seemed to have everything he needed. Sophie quickly organizes a visit, which confirms this first feeling. As soon as it is released, it is a question of positioning herself, but Laurena wants to ask for her mother's opinion. Unfortunately, his few hours of reflection were enough to miss out on the property, which in the meantime, found another buyer! A hard blow for the customer!
Quickly, to erase this disappointment, Sophie presented him with another property in the Butte-aux-Cailles district, in the 13th arrondissement. But while the photos were promising, the reality is quite different! Against all expectations, Laurena decided to make an offer well below her selling price, to take into account the work associated with this purchase. A proposal that, for Sophie, sounds more like revenge than anything else. Fortunately, the offer was declined: our apartment hunter is convinced that they can get better!

Under what circumstances was the property identified?

Over the course of visits, Sophie refines the portrait of her client: having lived in the provinces in her youth, she might be interested in an outside world. Not to mention that in its initial criteria, the ground floor is not unacceptable. She therefore oriented her research around this new data and found a property near Beaugrenelle, in the 15th arrondissement. She organizes a visit with Laurena and introduces her to this souplex with terrace. A ground floor like new! Our apartment hunter quickly understands that this is the right choice! Leaving the property, while they were still on the stairs, Laurena decided to make an offer at the market price, namely 289,000€, immediately accepted by the owner!

What are the strengths of the apartment offered by the real estate hunter?

The property retained is a ground floor with terrace. A small two-room apartment, with an open kitchen, which is the central element of the apartment, as Laurena wanted. If the exterior has not been exploited by the owner, the accommodation is, for its part, absolutely impeccable. Sophie therefore has no particular reservations about this property: with the terrace, the price is perfectly consistent.

What quality was decisive for Laurena?

Although Laurena did not have a “crush”, she found a property that meets all of her criteria. And even more! Recognizing the pace of the market imposed on small-scale properties, she was able to be very reactive, despite the fact that it was her first real estate purchase.

Did some rooms have to be furnished or renovated?

According to the words of our apartment hunter, the property in the Beaugrenelle district is similar to a “show house”: Laurena only had to put her bags there. So much so that she is currently in the process of negotiating, with the owner, to keep the furniture in the home — thus avoiding a move for everyone. The terrace, which has not been used so far, is the only space left to be developed: Laurena will be able to add her style to it!

The real estate hunter's experience

With properties that leave in a few hours, this type of search involves a certain osmosis between the hunter and her client: with Laurena, Sophie has found the dynamism and the necessary reactivity, so that everything goes as well as possible. A nice project, a great encounter.

The appreciation of a first-time buyer

As a first-time buyer, Laurena needed guidance in her search for a property. With Sophie Ithurbide, she immediately felt confident. The contact went well and the trust felt by our apartment hunter was mutual, which made it possible to find a quality property, in just 10 days! A great adventure!