Paris 16 apartment hunter for expats
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Recommended by former clients who have become friends, Véronique Savoyen has embarked on a new real estate search in Paris 16th, for expatriates wishing to return to France. In contact with her, Philippe and his wife Olivia will appreciate all the professional qualities of the young woman and buy a “crush”, even better than imagined at the start of this adventure...
What is Philippe and Olivia's real estate project?
A French expatriate living in Central America for a few years, Philippe plans to return to Paris with his wife, Olivia. If he already has two independent grown children from a first marriage and living in the capital, he will build his real estate purchase with one of Olivia's two children, his daughter Mona who has just finished high school.
Why does he use a real estate hunter?
An expatriate for a long time, Philippe does not know Paris at all: with the help of a Parisian real estate hunter, he will be able to benefit from his advice on the challenges of working there and living a fully fulfilled life there. He made the right choice by choosing an apartment hunter in Paris 16th.
How did he choose HOME SELECT real estate hunter?
The choice of HOME SELECT - and more specifically of Véronique Savoyen - was quite natural for him: in fact, the young woman was strongly recommended to him by mutual friends, also expatriates, for whom she had carried out a real estate search.
What are Philippe's search criteria?
During the first telephone contact, Véronique explains how she works and, with her agreement, establishes an exclusive real estate search mandate in which these criteria appear: Philippe and Olivia are looking for an old property, of the Haussmannian type, with 3 bedrooms (a bedroom for the couple, a room for Mona and a guest room). In terms of the sector, they would like to buy an apartment in the 16E arrondissement, near the Auteuil and Passy-la-Muette districts. All this, with a comfortable budget that will not be an obstacle to buying.
How did the real estate search start?
Once the mandate was signed, Véronique set up the HOME SELECT application, which aggregates all the properties available in the desired sector — including “off-market” ones from the network. Then she used the tool Teams to exchange mainly with Philippe, who is however very busy, because he has to travel constantly over a large territory for his work.
Quickly, he announces to Véronique that he will be coming with Olivia at the beginning of the summer, for a period of 8 days during which it would be necessary to concentrate visits and ideally, find the property...
What were the benefits of the pre-visits carried out?
While waiting for their arrival, scheduled in two months, prospecting begins: our real estate hunter sends products and makes filmed pre-visits. Sometimes Mona accompanies her — which allows Véronique to better understand Philippe and Olivia's tastes and lifestyles. For example, she learns that he likes to cook, which means finding one big enough. In the same vein, you will also need a master suite worthy of the name, with dressing room, bathroom and bedroom.
But, after a short month of research, Véronique decides to stop the pre-visits that put her at odds with real estate agents: by the time the couple arrives, these properties will be sold, so there is little point in this...
On the other hand, our hunter continues to talk to their daughter to deepen the knowledge of his customers. She thus discovers that Auteuil is not necessarily suitable for them, they have only selected it for its reputation, while there are not enough shops to satisfy them on a daily basis...
Moreover, as Véronique's husband knew Philippe's professional world very well, she then realized the interest of finding a property with parking. Therefore, it could not be a Haussmann-style apartment...
How did the couple's stay in Paris go?
The week before the arrival of Philippe and Olivia, Véronique reactivates all her contacts, reviews the ads in the HOME SELECT application and concocts a schedule of 4 or 5 properties to visit within the planned perimeter. Among them, there was one on a prestigious street, but awfully poorly distributed, with numerous corridors; another offered a large 20 m² entrance that wasted a lot of space; another was located on the first floor and was not bright enough...
But a property will immediately get them to agree, since it checks all the boxes of the search mandate, and much more...
What does Philippe and Olivia's real “crush” look like?
Located near the Maison de la Radio, the property, dating from the 1930s, is completely renovated — which remains an asset for expatriates, who cannot easily carry out work from afar. Perfectly distributed, it has 2 children's bedrooms with a bathroom and a large magnificent living room with a fireplace and built-in air conditioning and above all, hidden in the false ceilings, while maintaining a good height. It obviously has the master suite as suggested by Mona, with a dressing room and a bathroom. As it is a corner apartment, it is extremely bright. And, icing on the cake, it offers parking below!
How did our customer decide?
Faced with such evidence, the couple quickly committed themselves to the apartment: after an initial visit, they invited the children to confirm their crush and that was it! With Véronique's help, they made a small negotiation — especially on the price of parking.
Once the offer was accepted, the buying process went normally. Philippe and Olivia were able to put their bags down as soon as they returned from abroad. A comfort that they dared not hope for.
“A relationship of trust, despite everything, a source of stress”
Thanks to the recommendation of their mutual friends, Véronique and Philippe quickly established a bond of trust. However, for our Paris 16th apartment hunter, it was finally an additional challenge: she could/did not want to disappoint. Then, finding the charm of the old with a car park was the icing on the cake: moreover, the couple quickly understood the value of the operation, especially in terms of investment for this parking solution...
“A lighthouse in the night”
Philippe and Olivia did not know Paris at all: they did not measure the challenges of working there, nor the assets to live a fulfilling Parisian life there. Thanks to the knowledge of her profession, the targeted neighborhood and Philippe's professional constraints, through her husband, Véronique proved to be a valuable asset, a real guide in this purchase.
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