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APARTMENT HUNTER PARIS 12th

Found!

Discover a search quickly conducted by Marie Esmieu-Fournel, our apartment hunter specialized in Paris. After selling his house in Bourg-la-Reine, Denis has been living in an apart-hotel for over 3 years, due to the lack of finding a new home that meets his criteria. Fortunately, a real estate agent will recommend Marie's good services to him, who will only take 3 months to complete her purchase. And that, without derogating from any of its requirements! Hats off!

What is the client's real estate situation?

Now alone, with grown children, Denis is a young retiree from the world of finance. Some years ago, he decided to sell the large family house and concentrated his research in Bourg-la-Reine. Since he could not find what he was looking for in the time allotted, he moved into an apart-hotel in the area and kept some things in a storage room.

Why an apartment hunter and why HOME SELECT?

Stuck in this situation for more than 3 years, Denis really wants to get out of it! Recognizing that he is reducing research to a very small geographic area, he joins several agencies, but they do not seem to really take care of him: the rare proposals that are made to him are not at all adapted...

One day, a real estate agent advised her the services of a HOME SELECT apartment hunter, Marie Esmieu-Fournel: after accepting this connection, Denis spoke on the phone with her and launched her on the search...

Usually, Marie prefers to meet her clients physically, but the circumstances were exceptional: France was still in full lockdown due to Covid-19 and the mandate was only signed in May, when the first exit permits were granted...

What are the criteria Denis is looking for?

On the phone, Denis clearly explains his criteria to our HOME SELECT hunter and proposes a budget that is totally consistent with his requirements. He wants to find a house or an apartment with 3 bedrooms and a main room of at least 50 m²: while the overall surface area of the property may be 100 m², Marie already knows that she will have to focus more on a 120 or 150 m² room to respect the size and number of rooms. Imperatively quiet, it must be located 10 minutes from its current apart-hotel. Finally, he must offer a parking space and may require work, as this is not an obstacle for Denis.

What is the action plan developed by our real estate hunter?

Despite the health context preventing the organization of physical visits immediately, Marie sets up the HOME SELECT application to test the market around Bourg-la-Reine. At the same time, she activates her personal networks in the sector, to obtain off-market goods (not yet offered to the general public).

How did the research go after lockdown?

When the time for the end of lockdown strikes, Marie comes back to Denis with several proposals, but they do not convince Denis enough to organize a visit: either they are geographically too far away, or on the contrary, they are too close... Indeed, as the center of Bourg-la-Reine is home to an RER station, accommodation near this service cannot be peaceful: yet, Denis has made it an imperative condition!

Given this difficulty and the low movement of goods in this town, the young retiree agreed to extend the research area to Sceaux, but only on the Bourg-la-Reine side.

How did Marie Esmieu-Fournel find out?

One morning, at the beginning of July, Marie Esmieu-Fournel received an alert from the HOME SELECT application: she discovered an ad that seemed perfectly suited to Denis's search. She contacts the agency to find out more: initially sold off-market, the apartment is back for sale, following a refusal of a loan. After getting the green light from Denis, she quickly plans a visit, stalled between two appointments so as not to miss this opportunity!

What are the advantages of this apartment in Sceaux?

Ideally located in Sceaux, the apartment is in the heart of a condominium from the 70s, composed of small buildings with a garden. Renovated from floor to ceiling, it has 4 bedrooms, a 49 m² living room and 3 bedrooms.^E Upstairs, offers a small balcony terrace, with enough surface to put a bistro table and 2 chairs. Crossing, it is extremely bright and offers great benefits: independent WC, large storage, renovated electrical installation, automated shutters, individualized ventilation system, soundproofing, fitted and fully equipped kitchen... And the parking space, requested by Denis!

For the record: the previous owners had just completed its entire renovation, before learning that the man had been transferred to another city...

How did Denis react following the visit?

Marie Esmieu-Fournel gives an appointment to Denis and the real estate agent in charge of the file, at the foot of this apartment. For 30 minutes, she freely lets the young pensioner ask all her questions.

Once out, he immediately asks for her opinion: Marie highlights the good services of the property, the well-carried out renovation, which allows her to put her bags down and its price that is totally consistent with the market.

Convinced, Denis still wants to make a small negotiation: our real estate hunter explains the issues to him — namely the risk of losing the home, the low margin given the renovation carried out by the owners and above all, the organization of new visits, the next day. Denis therefore decided to try a small reduction of €6,000: audacity is rewarded here and the offer validated during the day!

Why did Marie have to be vigilant during the process of buying the property?

As Denis is willing to sign a compromise without suspensive loan conditions, since he undertakes to pay for his home in cash, the real estate agency takes advantage and wants to go too quickly: it pushes Denis to choose the sellers' notary to speed up the process. Fortunately, Marie is strongly opposed to this, advising her client to have his own notary, solely responsible for his interests. Since he doesn't know any, our apartment hunter gives him a contact who agrees to represent him.

Another oddity, the real estate agency refuses to organize a new visit, before signing the sales agreement. Again, Marie is stepping up to the plate to allow her client to reinforce her choice. For 1 hour and a half, he was able to go around his next apartment and remove the last doubts.

Last point of contact with the real estate agency, the final control visit before the final signature. Systematic and imperative, it makes it possible to check that everything is in order. As the signing was being organized in the middle of August, our hunter had anticipated and ensured the presence of an agent to organize it. But she discovers, a few days before, that the agency is closed! Immediately, she wrote an email to her client's notary, with Denis in copy, asking the agency to honor this visit, otherwise she would ask the sellers' notary for the contact details of the sellers in order to find a solution. A few minutes later, she gets the assurance that the apartment will be open to them...

Did Denis have work done in his apartment?

Even though it was completely renovated, Denis asked Marie if she knew an interior designer to help her organize her spaces. Our real estate hunter, of course, provides him with one...

“I felt useful for Denis”

On this file, Marie felt particularly useful: she made him benefit from her contacts (decorator, notary) and followed her file scrupulously to the end, without hesitating to bang her fist on the table, to assert Denis's rights. End-to-end support, which greatly contributed to reassuring him in his real estate purchase.

“Can I recommend you? ”

After 3 years of wandering, with real estate agencies that were not very mobilized for his research, Denis appreciated the very professional help of Marie Esmieu-Fournel. Extremely reserved, he is not a man to show his emotions, but insofar as he asked Marie if he could recommend her, it is easy to conclude that he was happy with the services of HOME SELECT, it seems obvious!