For Sale: Two-Bedroom (or One-Bedroom with Office) with Balcony and Lift

It’s not a neighborhood most Americans know, but that’s one of the things that makes this apartment so special. It’s in a part of what we know as “real Paris”—where Parisians live and work and plan—where there is little vacancy and virtually no short-term rentals. The owners selling the apartment are Americans who have been happy there many, many years. So, if you want to really live like a Parisian, and feel like a Parisian, this is the apartment that may be the real home you’re looking for.
It’s a two-bedroom apartment with a balcony and a lift, with a new price reduced to sell—€590,000.
Located at 3 rue Severo in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, with a view of Place Gilbert Perroy, the Square de l’Aspirant Dunand, and the adjacent Square Ferdinand Brunot from its balcony, it’s on the second floor of a lovely and well-tended Pierre-de-Taille (post-Haussmannian) building with a lift.
The district is one of the largest in Paris and it’s as Parisian as it gets. Nearly 140,000 residents happily enjoy the many shopping streets, markets, schools, and parks. Visitors come for the Observatory and the Catacombs, but this is really where Parisians call home, home, home.
A well-known beef restaurant, Le Severo, is just at the corner, that draws patrons from far and wide. The adjacent avenue du Maine is tree-lined and teeming with shops and amenities. It’s well located between two Métro lines (#4 and #13) and close to the RER B at Denfert-Rochereau making it fast and easy to get to Charles de Gaulle or Orly airports.

Gare Denfert-Rochereau
Just a few short blocks away is the rue Daguerre open-air market street, between avenues du Général Leclerc and du Maine, punctuated by boutiques, café terraces, wine merchants, bakeries and food shops. At number 63, behind a “porte cochère,” you’ll find the Cité Artisanale, a former workers’ housing estate set in a cobbled, flower-filled cul-de-sac. At number 86, you’ll see the little pink house where film director Agnès Varda once lived. Partly pedestrianized, the street is reserved entirely for pedestrians on Sundays and public holidays.

View of the Cité Artisanale
Steps away is rue Mouton-Duvernet, known as “Le Petit Montrouge”–a “village” of cafés, bakeries, and tempting boutiques just near the Mairie of the 14th (City Hall). The Jardin du Luxembourg and the Parc Monsouris are each just about a 20 to 25-minute walk away.

Le Petit Montrouge

Parc Montsouris
As you enter the apartment, one bedroom is to the left, but this room could also be used as a living room or office, adorned by a fireplace and a balcony, with lovely views of the intersection and beyond. Because of the layout of the apartment, this room would be perfect for someone who sees clients or patients, keeping it entirely separate from the private living area to the right of the entry. Just a door need be added to make that separation of the spaces.
To the left of the entry is also a toilet with sink and window. That means those clients or patients need not venture into the private living space to access the facilities.
Just to the right of the entry, is a living room/dining room and large open kitchen with windows overlooking a courtyard and lovely buildings, west-facing for afternoon sun. Just beyond is a spacious bedroom with floor-to-ceiling closets, and a large window also overlooking the courtyard, making it very quiet for a peaceful sleep.
Continue down the hall to an independent shower with sink adorned by mosaic tiles.
The apartment is a 62.07 m2 Loi Carrez (668 square feet) and 64.07 m2 total surface (696 square feet). It is being sold with the furnishings and appliances, and is, therefore, move-in ready!
APARTMENT AMENITIES
• Living/Dining/Open American Kitchen (fully equipped with 4-burner gas stove with hood, oven, refrigerator, microwave
• Bedroom with fireplace and balcony
• Bedroom with built-in closets and storage
• Independent bathroom with shower and window
• Separate toilet with sink and window
• Cave (Cellar)
• Balcony
• Windows North and West Facing
• 2ème Etage (Second Floor European/3rd floor American)
TRANSPORTATION
• Métro Lines 4 (Mouton-Duvernet), 6 (Denfert-Rochereau), and 13 (Pernety)
• Buses #38, #59, #62, #68, #92
• RER B at Denfert-Rochereau
ANNUAL OWNERSHIP AND OPERATING COSTS
• Yearly Homeowner Association Fees: 240.66€ /month (2,887.96 € /year)
• Annual Taxe Foncière: 1,139€
• The apartment is 64.7m2 (approximately 696 sq ft) and 62.07 loi carrez (approximately 668 sq ft by law)
• Ceiling height: 2.8M (approximately 9 feet)
• It can be sold with the furnishings and appliances conveniently making it move-in ready
• Annual Taxe d’Habitation (if any): 2,712€
• Estimated Annual Utilities: 485€
Here’s your chance to live like a Parisian!
Asking Price: €590,000
Reference #1177
Contact Listing Agent:
Zerina Serulle, Adrian Leeds Group
Email mailto:[email protected]
+33 06 16 35 39 34
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