Apartment hunter Ouest Paris for a first-time buyer looking for a studio

Discover a research conducted roundly by Frédéric Girard, our apartment hunter specialized in Paris. While Nora is enjoying an unexpected cash flow, she decides to leave the family cocoon and go in search of her first real estate purchase. After a year of research, she relies on the expertise of the Home Select (HS) network... which will find her ideal home in a few weeks...

Why did Nora buy real estate?

Nora is a young woman, who until now lived in the family home, located in the suburbs of Paris. Taking advantage of an unexpected income, she decides to embark on the real estate adventure and to go in search of her future little nest.

What quality was she most looking for in an apartment hunter?

Despite her busy schedule, she makes numerous visits, most of them unsuccessful and disappointing. During this first year of research, she even fell in love with a property, for which she will immediately write an offer. Unfortunately, the apartment in question was withdrawn from sale due to inheritance issues. Since then, Nora has decided to be accompanied by a real estate hunter.

How did she find out about the HOME SELECT real estate hunting network?

Having heard about Home Select from a friend (already a customer in our network), she filled out the contact form on the site. Quickly, Jean Mascla invited Frédéric Girard to join Nora to organize a first meeting.

What location did she absolutely want?

On the terrace of a café, in front of the Luxembourg Gardens, our real estate hunter then explains to her how HS works, even if Nora is already very aware of the terms and conditions, thanks to the website. They therefore quickly come to the criteria that will appear on the search mandate: she wants a 2-room apartment of 28 to 30m², with an independent bedroom in a quiet area, for a budget of 235,000 euros. Working in the suburbs, near Antony, she targeted a very specific sector, corresponding to the north of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, in the Tolbiac-Chevaleret district. The idea is that her future apartment should not be located beyond 40 minutes of public transport from her work.

How did Frédéric organize himself to launch his research?

Not necessarily specialized in this sector, Frédéric Girard decided to contact his HS colleagues to collect their good addresses and send an email to each of them.

How many apartments was she able to visit?

Thanks to these very personalized approaches, Frédéric can carry out 6 pre-visits: unfortunately, none is really conclusive. Over the course of his research, he will manage to take her to see 2 apartments that will not trigger an offer.

How did Frédéric put his finger on the good?

One of the real estate agents contacted on this file comes back to Frédéric with a property with high potential, which is not yet on the market! After sending the description sheet, our real estate hunter is enthusiastic: this property may undoubtedly be of interest to Nora!

What arguments did he have?

Located in the 13th arrondissement, in the neighborhood so coveted by Nora, it is a 2-room apartment overlooking the courtyard, with an elevator. Even if it is slightly above its budget (€240,000), with its 34m², the price/m² ratio is very interesting for the sector.

Did Nora hesitate before making an offer?

As soon as she leaves the apartment, Nora writes an offer at the price! Although she will have to invest a little more money than expected, the beautiful qualities of this 2-room apartment push her not to hesitate for a second. A feeling corroborated by Frédéric's experience. For his part, the real estate agent is also delighted with this transaction: 1 visit, 1 offer at the price, the ideal scenario for him!

Could she move in without doing any work?

Some work was planned before moving in — including refreshing and refurbishing the kitchen. But Nora's dad was committed to doing it to reduce his daughter's expenses on that first purchase.

“The perfect illustration of good networking”

This file shows how useful it is for real estate hunters to work as a network: the sharing of addresses made it possible to do this research very quickly.

Research conducted with “astonishing speed”

For her part, Nora is absolutely delighted with this collaboration: while she had been looking alone for a year, she was very surprised at how quickly Frédéric found her little nest!