Two offers for tiny, run-down Paris flat at 鈧�205,000
An apartment in a condition of total disrepair and measuring just 12m2, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, is on sale for 鈧�205,000 - and two people have put in an offer.
The two-bedroom studio as 12.35m虏, and went on sale on the .
The price works out as 鈧�17,000 per square metre, considerably more than the area鈥檚 usual high of 鈧�12,000 per square metre.
The ad clearly stated that the property is 鈥渢hree servants鈥� rooms that have been knocked together鈥� and requires 鈥渢otal renovation鈥�.
Photos on the advertisement showed rusty plumbing, broken and dirty walls, low ceilings and exposed wiring. A video created by (below) shows more.
In reality, the actual size of the apartment is slightly more than the advertised space - at 38.02m虏 of total floor space - but the 12.35m虏 figure corresponds to the amount of floor space that someone could stand up in: e.g. under a ceiling height of at least 1.8m.
According to , two potential buyers have already come forward with an offer.
When questioned about the high price of the property, the sales agent : 鈥淎nyone who finds the state of the apartment 鈥榙eplorable鈥� should move on. [The price] is a numerical calculation; it鈥檚 just data that does not have much meaning.鈥�
The advert is no longer available on Leboncoin. It has not been confirmed whether a final buyer was found for the space.
