A passage paved with freestone bordered by opulent residences on one side and a garden on the other ... The allée des Brouillards (Paris XVIIIth) is well known to connoisseurs of the Butte and to those who wish to acquire a exceptional property.
It is an address that invites you to travel and transports you to Old Montmartre ... An enigmatic place that has never ceased to attract artists.
It is literally a stone's throw from the statue of Dalida, a 202 square meter (m2) nugget is currently for sale.
View from allée des Brouillards, in the historic Montmartre.
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A splendid building dating from 1929, hidden from view and surrounded by greenery, all in the heart of the 18th arrondissement of Paris! “The Allée des Brouillards bears this name because of the morning vapors emanating from the springs that were flush with the surface at the time. The mists clung around the farm and the mill
(Editor's note, built in the 12th century)
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Originally, it was rather a miserable corner, ”says Charley Schmidt, negotiator at Barnes, in charge of sales.
Today, this house is priced at 4.5 million euros, or more than 22,200 euros / m2!
In the district, the price of a classic apartment is 14,500 euros / m2.
“We are in the upper range of the most prized goods.
We have one from time to time.
The setting is so particular, bucolic, with a history, and there are all around: shops, transport ... There are wealthy customers who are looking for this type of house, especially after the Covid.
These are extremely coveted goods, ”continues the professional.
This open room is 55 m2.
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And for good reason, once the gate is pushed, we find ourselves on a first beautiful wooden terrace of 29 m2 facing south and without vis-à-vis.
The ground floor serves a large kitchen with an orange wall of cupboards as well as a central island and a white washbasin cabinet.
The vast open room of almost 55 m2, unified by a dark gray waxed concrete floor, has a “dining living room” section where large bay windows open onto the terrace.
Dining room opening onto the terrace.
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The owners, who have lived here for fourteen years, have done a lot of work in a contemporary style.
“The house was not at all as it is today.
A film producer lived there with his daughter.
There was a very 1970s style with a podium!
The dining room was at basement level and was accessed by a spiral staircase that we had removed, ”notes André, the current owner, who works in fashion.
The location of the old staircase is materialized by a glazed floor in the shape of a circle, which brings light to the lower room.
The studio located in the basement, with the ceiling where the old spiral staircase is located.
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Because the basement is here a space in its own right.
In addition to the boiler room, laundry room and WC, it offers a studio with white walls and parquet flooring, with a dressing room with red doors, a bathroom and independent entrance on rue Girardon.
Perfect for the lucky teen or young adult in the family!
Another advantage: this second address provides access to a double school sector.
The living room on the first floor, with access to the terrace and the view of the garden of the Château des Brouillards.
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The first floor hosts the living room with a fireplace and one of the favorites of this house: a 10 m2 terrace overlooking the garden of the Château des Brouillards. Built in 1772 as a pleasure house for a lawyer of the Parliament of Paris, the building, left abandoned, was occupied at the end of the 19th century by artists without resources: the painter Kees van Dongen, the poster artist Francisque Poulbot… Opposite, the family of painter Auguste Renoir moved into a pavilion in the aisle. Amedeo Modigliani lives in a wooden cabin not far away. In the 1920s, the castle was bought by the violinist Marius Casadesus and five generations of his family lived there. The attraction of artists has not weakened over the years. The actor Jean-Pierre Aumont also lived in the aisle, at number 4, from 1980 to 2000.
The famous view of the garden of the Château des Brouillards.
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While in 1854, the writer Gérard de Nerval described an “admirable place of retirement, silent in its hours”, the district seems preserved from the modern hubbub.
“When we first visited, we loved the peace and the view of the sky and the trees.
It was incredible, ”André remembers.
And on the terrace of the first floor, we saw a moment suspended with the song of the birds, the clear view on the greenery.
We really have the feeling of being in the countryside.
The parental suite on the 3rd floor with immaculate loft style.
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The second floor is the children's corner.
There are two beautiful bedrooms with five windows, storage space and a bathroom.
The third is dedicated to the parental suite.
Immaculate from floor to ceiling, the loft-style room is equipped with a fully enclosed walk-in shower and a bathtub with two sinks, not to mention a custom-made dressing room.
Why leave such a paradise?
“Life is changing!
Our children have grown up and gone.
Two people, a house with several floors, it is less nice.
We wanted something more classic, on one level, ”André replies.
With his wife Gaëlle, they have also found their happiness thanks to an apartment with a terrace still located in the district.
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