While, in the nearby Ile-de-France, furnished rentals have exploded for a year, the phenomenon has not (yet) reached the Oise.
Or in proportions, for the moment, more measured.
With its SNCF station, which places it twenty-five minutes from Paris, the city of Chantilly served as an ideal candidate to share the Ile-de-France craze for furnished rentals.
The figures for the past year, however, go the reverse of this eventuality.
In one year, the volume of ads offering furnished accommodation has fallen by 37.9% in the city of horses, even though this type of property represents less than 20% of the accommodation offered for rent in the city.
"We do very little, but it's also a choice"
"We should rent maybe three in the year," confirms Marjorie Senepart, of the Guy Hoquet Immobilier agency in Chantilly.
It is not a student city and the vocational school has a boarding school, so it is very limited for a young clientele.
Possibly for a first home, but people never stay more than two years.
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As for the Orpi agency in Chantilly, we have almost given up on marketing this type of property.
“We signed one not long ago, but it had been years since that happened!
We do very little, but it is also a choice.
It takes a long time to carry out the inventory of fixtures in housing where tenants change often.
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Quite high prices in Chantilly
The price of furnished rentals in Chantilly, € 996 excluding charges on average for a home of 60 square meters, can also be a drag.
“It is above all that there is not a strong demand for this type of housing, even for small areas, tempers Charlotte Goulfier, of the Laforêt agency in Chantilly.
Right now we have three on the market that may take a little while to get going.
And it is even less obvious for goods of a large area.
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Close to Paris, the south of the Oise does not have the same public transport facilities.
"We are not Ile-de-France", we remain a small provincial town, believes Patrick Calscibetta, of the Procim Immobilier agency.
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“We have a station, of course, but for potential customers coming from the Paris region, there will never be the same frequency and the same public transport offer,” he continues.
For furnished apartments, you can sometimes rent studios or two-room apartments for young people.
But, out of ten calls received, it is not often that there is one for a request for furnished accommodation.
A good can stay six months before finding a taker.
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The situation is not frozen, however.
And some are starting to see a change, including at Chantilly.
“Two years ago, we did not have any furnished apartments in the transactions, remembers Anne-Claire Forest, of Cimm Immobilier.
Today, we have more requests because it is a tax more advantageous good and the rental commitments are shorter.
We mainly rent small furnished apartments, often for young couples working in Paris.
For this type of rental, the presence of Chantilly station is essential.
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"An intensifying phenomenon" in Senlis
A few kilometers away, in Senlis, yet without a train station, there is also a stir in the furnished apartment market.
"Compared to a few years ago, we have more offers and requests for furnished properties, on small surfaces", indicates the Bellon Immobilier agency.
“It's a growing phenomenon,” says Chantal Hausberger, head of the rental division of the Saint-Pierre de Senlis agency.
The arrival of Amazon has generated additional demand for furnished accommodation with a smaller surface area.
Last year, we also did well in furnished accommodation for a clientele of senior executives.
Beautiful apartments, modern and design, they are going immediately.
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In Senlis, there are more offers and requests for small furnished apartments.
LP / Hervé Sénamaud
Located barely twenty minutes from the Roissy airport platform, the town of Senlis could, moreover, see the arrival in the coming weeks of a new form of clientele for furnished accommodation.
"The market has changed because of the pandemic and we will start again with another request, predicts Chantal Hausberger.
Due to the impact of the health crisis on air traffic, many families of foreign executives working at Roissy will be leaving.
But the executives themselves will stay and there should be an increased demand for furnished accommodation.
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Many student roommates in Compiègne
In terms of furnished rental, the imperial city embodies a kind of exception in the Oise.
With the 4,400 students of the University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC), the furnished apartments in the second city of the department easily find buyers.
“We mainly work with this school, most of the time for shared accommodation,” confirms the Cegit agency.
For UTC engineering students, the furnished apartment system is often the ideal solution, especially because of its flexibility.
“This flexibility appeals to them because they do internships, sometimes for six months and with just one month's notice, the furnished apartment is often an ideal solution for them,” explains Géraldine Lebrun of the Ger'Immo firm.
Parents appreciate this type of housing, which saves them from buying all the equipment to furnish a studio and setting up logistics to move in.
The student housing market is very competitive in Compiègne, furnished accommodation is an additional service that can make it stand out.
It's a bit like long-lasting Airbnb!
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But the “Compiégnoise exception” has been somewhat battered by the Covid-19 and its effects.
"Many courses are done remotely, many students have returned to their parents and face-to-face is not enough for them to pay rent," continues Geraldine Lebrun.
Moreover, we have a few furnished apartments for rent at the moment, which is rarely the case in normal times.
Fortunately, it's not just the student clientele.
There are also people who work in the area without living there, and who prefer the independence of furnished accommodation to the constraints of a hotel room.
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“For me, the furnished apartment market in Compiègne has remained stable, apart from students, there is always demand, analyzes Caroline Cavel, director of the rental part at Century 21 in the city.
We have just returned to a furnished T2 eight days ago, there are already two visits this Saturday and I am hopeful that it will be rented.
This type of property goes quickly, provided it is in very good condition.
Because, in Compiègne, there have been a lot of recent real estate constructions.
The goods in the old must be irreproachable.
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