Stories of property searches led by our hunters: the brief, the strategy, the find.
Every mission is a story. Our accounts retrace real searches carried out by Home Select's hunters in Paris and Île-de-France: the initial brief, the obstacles encountered, the search strategy and the property eventually found. These testimonials illustrate the reality on the ground, far from marketing promises, to give you a concrete picture of what a property hunter delivers day to day.
124 articles
42 sqm 2-room with Canal Saint-Martin view (Paris 10th) bought for 402,000 euros in 18 days, 18,000 euros saved by Home Select.
A single mother found a 55 sqm three-room flat in Montmartre with our property hunter. Budget 480,000 euros, 5.4% negotiation in the 18th arrondissement.
Successful buy-to-let in the 17th arrondissement: a 22 sqm studio bought for 215,000 euros with a gross yield of 4.7%. Found by our property hunter.
Young couple: a 52 sqm Haussmann 3-room near Voltaire (Paris 11th), negotiated from 520,000 to 500,000 euros by Home Select.
Swiss couple: 35 sqm pied-a-terre bought at 430,000 euros in the 6th by Home Select, 100% remote purchase, -4.2% negotiation.
Successful rental search in Paris 9th: a 40 m² two-room flat found in 10 days by our property hunter. Rent 1,450 euros/month for a budget of 1,500 euros.
3-room with 15 sqm terrace in the 14th bought for 685,000 euros off-market, 35,000 euros saved by Home Select in 4 weeks.
Successful mission in Courbevoie: a 78 sqm 4-room with open views found in 7 weeks. Budget 620,000 euros, 6.1% negotiation by our property hunter.
A couple with a child found a 3-room flat of 62 sqm in Boulogne-Billancourt through our property hunter. Budget 580,000 euros, negotiation of 5.2%.
Urgent search in Paris 11th: a 38 m² two-room flat found in 12 days by our property hunter. Budget 380,000 euros, 4.5% negotiation.
Home Select Duo offer: sale of a three-room and purchase of a five-room flat in the 16th in 10 weeks. Combined saving of 95,000 euros.
A 28-year-old first-time buyer: a two-room flat with terrace in the 19th negotiated to 312,000 euros (-5.5%) by Home Select in 5 weeks.
Couple doubling their space without leaving the 17th: 82 sqm 4-room found in 6 weeks, negotiated to 715,000 euros (-3.4%).
Family with 3 children: a townhouse with a 350 sqm garden in Antony found in 9 weeks, negotiated to 685,000 euros (-4.9%) by Home Select.
Young architect, atypical loft in the 3rd: a former 52 sqm artist studio found in 7 weeks, negotiated to 480,000 euros (9,231 euros/sqm).
Investor seeking a profitable studio in central Paris. Found off-market in the 4th arrondissement in 3 weeks, negotiated to 245,000 euros for 22 sqm.
Couple with 2 children: 78 sqm 4-room family flat found in the 12th in 6 weeks, negotiated at 620,000 euros (-5.3%) by Home Select.
London couple: 45 sqm pied-a-terre found in the 15th in 4 weeks, negotiated at 395,000 euros or 8,778 euros per sqm by Home Select.
Retired couple seeking a 4-room flat in the Saint-Sulpice quarter. Found an 85 m² flat in 8 weeks, negotiated to 1.15 million euros, or 13,530 euros/m².
Couple in their thirties: 58 sqm 3-room flat found in the 11th in 5 weeks, negotiated at 545,000 euros (-4.4%) by Home Select.
Franco-American family from Singapore: 110 sqm 5-room flat in the 16th at 1,280,000 euros, remote mission by Home Select.
A 39-year-old, tenant for 12 years, buys a 45 sqm two-room flat in the 14th for 420,000 euros (-4.5%). Home Select mission in 6 weeks.
A 27-year-old engineer: a 38 sqm two-room flat in Jourdain (20th) negotiated to 310,000 euros (-6.1%) by Home Select in 5 weeks.
Studio of 28 sqm in Batignolles (Paris 17th) bought for 265,000 euros, negotiated 8%. Estimated gross yield 4.5%. Mission completed in 3 weeks.
88 sqm 4-room with 15 sqm terrace in Vincennes bought for 720,000 euros, 45,000 euros saved by Home Select in 8 weeks.
From renter to owner: a 65 sqm three-room flat for 480,000 euros in the 20th, 38,000 euros negotiated in 6 weeks by Home Select.
72 sqm 3-room in Charenton's golden triangle bought for 540,000 euros, 30,000 euros saved by Home Select in 4 weeks.
Premium 110 m² flat with Eiffel Tower views for 1,450,000 euros in the 16th. 100,000 euro negotiation in 9 weeks. Home Select mission.
82 sqm 4-room with continuous balcony near Nation (Paris 12th) bought for 780,000 euros, 40,000 euros saved by Home Select in 5 weeks.
Buying after divorce: a 45 sqm two-room flat for 395,000 euros in the 10th. 30,000 euros negotiated in 5 weeks by Home Select.
A couple in their thirties purchased a 68 sqm 3-room in Paris' 9th arrondissement for 635,000 euros, negotiated 5.2% below asking price. Duration: 6 weeks.
Urgent purchase: 58 sqm 3-room flat found in 12 days in the 11th, negotiated to 520,000 euros (-5.3%) by the Home Select hunter.
2-room terrace flat in Charenton-le-Pont negotiated to 310,000 euros, 4.8% gross yield, 25,000 euros saved by Home Select.
A freelance architect buys a 95 sqm loft under a glass roof in the 11th for 845,000 euros, found off-market. 65,000 euros negotiated.
Family: 85 sqm 4-room flat with private garden at 720,000 euros in Boulogne-Billancourt. 55,000 euros negotiation in 8 weeks by Home Select.
A family from the 12th bought a 120 sqm house with garden in Saint-Mandé for 1,150,000 euros, negotiated 6% below asking by Home Select.
Student couple: first purchase of a 28 sqm studio at 245,000 euros in the 15th. 20,000 euro negotiation by the Home Select property hunter.
A British expat family purchased an 85 sqm 4-room flat in the 15th arrondissement for 780,000 euros. Complete remote search by Catherine Ziegler.
A couple buys a 58 m² 3-room to renovate in the 10th for 430,000 euros, 9.5% below renovated market price. Renovation strategy by Catherine Ziegler.
Young retirees buy a 78 sqm four-room flat with balcony for 695,000 euros in the 12th. 40,000 euros negotiated in 6 weeks by Marie Esmieu-Fournel.
American couple: purchase of a 95 sqm apartment at 1,280,000 euros near Luxembourg. 70,000 euro negotiation by Home Select, property hunter 6th.
A young American diplomat buys a 45 sqm two-room flat in the 7th arrondissement for 495,000 euros. 4.8% negotiation achieved by Catherine Ziegler.
62 m² 3-room near Denfert-Rochereau bought for 585,000 euros, 35,000 euros saved in 5 weeks by Home Select.
An investor buys a 42 m² two-room flat in Asnières-sur-Seine for 265,000 euros, 6.3% below the listed price. Gross yield of 5.2%.
A couple returning from Singapore bought a 68 sqm 3-room flat in the 15th in 7 weeks, negotiated to 588,000 euros (-5.2%), signed by power of attorney.
A 27-year-old first-time buyer purchases her first studio of 22 m² in Paris 20th for 195,000 euros. A 7.1% negotiation achieved by the property hunter.
An investor buys a 25 sqm studio in the 9th arrondissement for 218,000 euros, 8% below asking price. Gross yield of 4.1%.
A mother of two finds a 78 sqm off-market 4-room in the 11th (Charonne), negotiated from 630,000 to 600,000 euros by Home Select.
A couple from Dunkirk found a 38 sqm pied-a-terre in the 9th in 3 weeks with Home Select. Negotiation of 5.4%, 317,000 euros.
A couple with a child found a 62 sqm 3-room flat in the 17th arrondissement of Paris in 5 weeks. 7% negotiation achieved by the property hunter.
Couple returning from Singapore: 88 sqm 4-room flat in the 15th bought for 760,000 euros after -6% negotiation, signed by power of attorney from abroad.
Family with 3 children: 105 sqm 5-room in Alésia (Paris 14th) bought for 980,000 euros, negotiated -8%. 10-week search by Home Select.
First purchase in Paris after 14 months searching solo. A 45 sqm two-room flat in the 20th bought for 340,000 euros (-7%) via Home Select.
A 72 m² three-room flat near the Canal Saint-Martin in the 10th arrondissement, bought for 650,000 euros and negotiated at -6%. A Home Select mission.
Pied-à-terre in the 6th: a 48 sqm two-room flat on rue de Seine bought for 620,000 euros after -7% negotiation by Home Select.
British family: 95 sqm 4-room flat with terrace in Boulogne-Billancourt for 890,000 euros, negotiation -5% by Home Select.
American expatriate: 120 sqm 5-room flat in the 16th bought at 1,350,000 euros, remote purchase, -8% negotiation by Home Select.
65 sqm 3-room facing a courtyard in the Marais (Paris 4th), found off-market and negotiated from 830,000 to 780,000 euros by Home Select.
Family search for a four-room flat in Paris 19th, near Buttes-Chaumont. 82 m² bought at 520,000 euros after a 7% negotiation. Home Select mission.
Buy-to-let Paris 11th: a 68 m² three-room flat bought for 485,000 euros instead of 530,000. Gross yield 4.2%. Full Home Select mission account.
62 sqm 3-room with Buttes-Chaumont park view (Paris 19th) bought for 445,000 euros, 30,000 euros saved by Home Select in 4 weeks.
Successful mission Paris 14th: a 38 m² two-room flat bought for 310,000 euros for buy-to-let, gross yield of 4.6%. Report by Marie Esmieu-Fournel.
Successful mission Paris 6th: a 28 sqm studio bought for 295,000 euros as a buy-to-let, 3.8% gross yield. Story by Marie Esmieu-Fournel.
Puteaux: an 82 sqm 4-room flat found in 6 weeks for a couple on a professional transfer, negotiated at 495,000 euros (-5.7%).
Antony-Bourg-la-Reine: a 95 sqm house with garden found in 8 weeks for a family, negotiated to 565,000 euros (-6.2%) by Home Select.
A 105 sqm Haussmannian five-room flat found in the 17th, negotiated to 980,000 euros (-5.8%) for a couple with 2 children, by Home Select.
Paris 15th: a 55 sqm three-room flat found in 7 weeks for a single mother, negotiated to 430,000 euros (-6.5%) by Home Select.
Successful mission: a 78 sqm 4-room apartment found in 6 weeks for a Parisian couple, negotiated at 620,000 euros (-5.3%) by Home Select.
Paris 10th: a 58 sqm off-market 3-room found in 5 weeks, negotiated from 525,000 to 485,000 euros (-7.6%) by Home Select.
A 28 sqm off-market studio in the 6th for a pied-à-terre, bought at 310,000 euros (-4.6%). Remote Home Select mission in 7 weeks.
A property hunter helps an academic buy a 42 m² two-room flat in the 5th arrondissement, negotiated down to 445,000 euros, a 30,000 euros saving (6.3%).
Property hunter finds a premium 68 m² three-room flat in Passy off-market. Price negotiated to 785,000 euros, a 5.3% discount. Senior retiree buyer.
Parisian couple to Boulogne-Billancourt: an 80 sqm 4-room with Seine view bought at 620,000 euros, -4.6% negotiated by Home Select in 6 weeks.
First-time buyer: a 45 sqm two-room flat in Ménilmontant (20th) negotiated to 365,000 euros (-7.6%) by Home Select in 5 weeks.
Property hunter finds a three-room flat of 62 sqm in the 11th for a relocating couple. 4.3% negotiation in 3 weeks. Budget 580,000 euros.
A property hunter finds a 38 m² two-room flat in the 11th for an investor. Negotiated price 330,000 euros, gross yield 6.2%. Mission completed in 6 weeks.
A property hunter helps a young couple buy a 3-room flat of 58 sqm in the 11th in Paris. Price negotiated at 520,000 euros, saving of 25,000 euros.
Property hunter finds an 85 sqm apartment with an 18 sqm terrace in Paris 12th. Price negotiated to 695,000 euros (-6.0%). 7-week search.
A property hunter found a 72 sqm 4-room flat in the 16th arrondissement in 5 weeks. Budget 780,000 euros, negotiation of 5.1%.
Laurena, 27, a first-time buyer, buys a two-room flat with terrace in Beaugrenelle, 15th arrondissement, at 289,000 euros. Found in 10 days by Home Select.
Flora wins a sealed-bid sale in the 11th for a 65 m² three-room flat at 524,500 euros, just 4,000 euros over the next bidder. Assisted by Home Select.
Expatriate couple in North America: 3-room pied-a-terre with Eiffel Tower view in the 15th, offer on photos, renovation supervision by Home Select.
Sylvain fails for 6 months alone, then buys a 35 sqm in the 15th for 370,000 euros with a Home Select hunter. Offer at asking price, move-in ready.
Expatriates in England, Nicolas and Lucie bought a 47 sqm flat near the Champs-Élysées (8th) on photos, with no financing contingency. Accepted in 48h.
Emilie buys a two-room flat with rooftop views in the 15th for 300,000 euros, after negotiating 40,000 euros off the asking price. Found in under a month.
Barbara, a young professional from the south, buys a 44 sqm two-room flat in the 8th near Parc Monceau with Catherine Ziegler, Home Select hunter.
Bernard, a retiree in Aix, buys a 43 m² two-room flat near Nation for 345,000 euros in 3 weeks with Home Select. Renovation included: 388,000 all-in.
Daniel, a first-time buyer, leaves his noisy studio for a 36 sqm two-room flat in the 15th at 370,000 euros, found in 3 weeks with Home Select.
A first-time buyer couple from Tokyo bought a 113 sqm flat in the 10th for 1,120,000 euros via two Home Select hunters in tandem, in a single week.
How property hunter Sophie Rivière helped a young family find a 105 sqm apartment near Square Gardette in Paris's 11th arrondissement.
Franco-American couple buys a 100 sqm flat in the 12th at 1,075,000 euros parking included, negotiated -4% by Home Select, Skype viewing.
A Rouen-based couple buys a 33 sqm art deco two-room flat on the 8th floor in the 9th as a wealth-building buy-to-let. Found and signed the same day.
After 3 years in a serviced apartment, a young retiree finds a fully renovated four-room flat in Sceaux with a property hunter. Search done in 3 months.
A loyal client entrusts a 2nd search to Home Select: a three-room flat with parking in Seine-Saint-Denis, found in one day of viewings. Yields 5 to 7%.
A family of 6 found a 125 sqm 5-room between Bastille and Nation in the 11th arrondissement, negotiated to 1.05M euros by a property hunter.
68 sqm Haussmann 3-room in Batignolles (Paris 17th) for a couple of doctors, negotiated from 620,000 to 590,000 euros by Home Select.
After a year searching alone, a first-time buyer found a 34 m² off-market two-room flat in the 13th of Paris via a hunter. Budget: 240,000 euros.
A couple expecting their second child found a 95 sqm dual-aspect 4-room in Daumesnil in the 12th, negotiated to 780,000 euros by a property hunter.
Top-floor flat of 70 sqm with balconies on Place Félix Éboué in the 12th: 590,000 euros + 70,000 euros renovations, 53,000 euros under budget.
Single-mother lawyer: atypical ground-floor garden flat found in Charenton-le-Pont in 3 weeks, negotiated from 505,000 to 495,000 euros by Home Select.
A 26-year-old first-time buyer purchased a 28 sqm studio in the 18th of Paris, negotiated to 235,000 euros with a property hunter. Mission account.
155 sqm duplex with terrace near Victor Hugo in the 16th for a family of 5, negotiated at 1,690,000 euros, 110,000 euros below the price.
A buyer outside Paris finds a 78 m² off-market flat in the 12th in 48 hours via his property hunter. Priced under 10,000 euros/m² near Bastille.
A retired couple found a 110 sqm art deco apartment in Passy in the 16th arrondissement, negotiated to 1.15M euros by a Home Select property hunter.
How a couple with 2 children found a 117 m² five-room flat in the 14th arrondissement of Paris in 3 weeks, with a 13% negotiation below the listed price.
72 m² dual-aspect 3-room in Convention (Paris 15th) negotiated to 620,000 euros, 35,000 euros saved by Home Select in 7 weeks.
Former 85 sqm commercial space converted into a loft in the 10th, bought for 580,000 euros instead of 645,000 (-10%). Change of use already secured.
130 sqm 5-room with Eiffel Tower view between Trocadero and Grenelle (Paris 15th) bought for 1.52M euros, 80,000 euros saved by Home Select.
A 110 sqm five-room flat in the 12th bought for 920,000 euros for a family of five. Home Select negotiated -6% and found it in 6 weeks.
A property hunter found 65 sqm of commercial premises in the 2nd, converted into an office for a design studio, negotiated to 380,000 euros.
A 30 m² studio in the 20th bought at 215,000 euros by a 28-year-old first-time buyer with no family help. A 7% negotiation by the Home Select hunter.
A 55 sqm 2-room with exposed beams in the Marais bought for 530,000 euros instead of 575,000, found off-market by Home Select.
A 145 sqm house with garden in Garches, found by a property hunter and negotiated to 920,000 euros (-7.5%) in 8 weeks.
After 8 months searching alone, a first-time buyer found a three-room flat in the Marais at 520,000 euros with a property hunter. A complex mission.
Three-room 70 m² flat in Boulogne-Billancourt bought for 595,000 euros on the buyer's childhood street. Targeted search across just 3 streets.
How a property hunter found a 92 sqm 4-room in Neuilly-sur-Seine in just 3 weeks, negotiated to 885,000 euros for a family with 2 children.
A four-room flat with an 80 sqm garden in Asnières-sur-Seine bought for 520,000 euros via Home Select. 45,000 euros negotiated (8%).
Expatriates in Singapore bought a 45 sqm flat in the 10th for 395,000 euros (-5.9%) as a rental investment, 4.1% yield, managed remotely by Home Select.
Family returning from Dubai: 95 sqm 4-room flat in the 15th bought for 785,000 euros (-5%) before their arrival, managed remotely by Home Select.
75 sqm flat in the 16th bought for 680,000 euros for an exacting executive. 3 months, 42 properties analysed, -5% negotiated by Home Select.
A 29-year-old first-time buyer: a 38 sqm two-room flat in Ménilmontant negotiated to 285,000 euros (-7.2%) by Home Select in 7 weeks.
62 m² three-room in Batignolles bought for 545,000 euros off-market, 35,000 euros saved by Home Select in 4 weeks. Mission story.
How our property hunter found a 180 sqm Haussmann apartment in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, negotiated 130,000 euros below the asking price.
A 38 sqm pied-à-terre in the 7th bought for 395,000 euros instead of 425,000 euros, in 5 weeks for an executive based in Lyon.
On average, our hunters visit between 15 and 25 apartments to present only 3 to 5 to the client. This upstream filtering is what saves buyers considerable time and ensures every presented viewing is relevant.
At Home Select, 96% of our mandates result in a successful purchase. The rare failures come from changes in the client's life plans (relocation, separation) or criteria incompatible with the budget in a given area.
Yes, all our accounts are based on real missions carried out by our hunters. Client first names are changed to respect their privacy, but the details of the search, property and neighbourhood are authentic.
Our 16 property hunters guide you from the first call to the keys in your hand.
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