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French scoff at apartment with “perceived square meters”

2023-01-31T14:35:39.316Z


Not 12 square meters, but feels like 16 - that's how a mini apartment in Paris is advertised. Mockers are now also thinking about "perceived" rents.


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The biggest thing is the TV: online ad for the apartment in Paris

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A real estate advertisement for a mini-apartment in Paris, which inflated the size a bit by saying "perceived square meters" caused mocking comments in France.

"The real estate agents in Paris no longer know what to think up," wrote a user on social media about the advertisement, in which the 11.53 square meter apartment, minus sloping ceilings and stairs, was advertised as "felt 16 square meters". will.

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"Answer that you are willing to pay rent of 100 euros - felt like 1000 euros," wrote another user, as reported by the broadcaster BFMTV on Tuesday.

"It's a 12 square meter apartment by law but we put mirrors on all the walls so it really feels like 70-75 square meters if you sit in the middle, don't worry," suggested a third.

Another commented on the fundamental problem of the very small and expensive apartments in the French capital: »Paris is really crazy, for renting a bad room in Paris you pay for a nice apartment or a house in the provinces, I understand them Not people who dream of living in Paris.«

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Source: spiegel

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