I've been staying at the appartement almost continuously since the 4th of January, and will be here until Friday 23rd. It's been pretty successful, and I've had several visits from potential buyers, some of whom have said they will be making a firm offer. So, it looks like we will be able to choose our prefered buyer next weekend. So, if you think you might be interested in the appartement, please drop by and have a personal visit in the next week. After that, it could be too late! I will be here all the time, so just give me a call (06 03 85 91 83), an email at simonjthorpe@mac.com, or just come an ring the bell "Thorpe" next to the door at 4, Quai St Pierre. You can also just bang on the windows!!

Although our apartment was on sale for most of 2025, we only had two visits by real potential buyers. I lost count of the number of estate agents who visited the apartment and tried to convince me that, if only I signed a mandate with them, they would be able to find lots of interested customers (and charge me €20,000 or more!). There must have been at least 30 of them. The problem is that, although the apartment is truly remarkable, if we don't have visits from potential buyers, then nothing will happen. So, change of strategy. All the announcements have been offline for a couple of months now. But starting on the 1st January 2026, we are going all out. The asking price has been dropped to a value  way below the price proposed by LeBonCoin - they suggest €447 222 with a range from €335 416 to €559 028.The hope is that with a price so low, we will get loads of visits, and hopefully someone will have the same "coup de coeur" that we had back in 2016! I only visited one apartment before deciding to buy it!So, I have reserved the apartment for the entire period from January 4th to January 23rd (no Airbnb!), and will be at the apartment to show it to as many people as possible. If we have visits from 10-20 potential buyers, I will be very happy. And we will see what price they are prepared to pay!I firmly believe it is worth significantly  more than €350,000, especially if we sell it as a furnished apartment. But we shall see.