Available starting October 1, 2010. One-bedroom flat, 25 square meters (270 square feet) in the Bastille neighborhood of Paris to rent for 1400 euros per month. All utilities, phone, and wifi are included. Click here to email. Scroll down for a description of the apartment and a list of amenities.

The apartment is on rue Voltaire in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, near Place de la Bastille, République, the Marais, and the famous open-air market, the Marché D’Aligre. The flat is on the second floor of a traditional 19th century Parisian building.

Parties of up to 4 people can stay at the apartment, which has a full-size bed as well as a firm, new pull-out sofabed. The apartment has cable TV, high speed Internet with wifi, and a phone with an answering machine. Long distance phone calls are free.

The kitchen has a two-burner electric range, a toaster oven, a microwave, and everything you’ll need for cooking meals at home (pots, pans, dishes, utensils). There is also a washing machine.

The bathroom features an enclosed shower with a wide shower head and a heated towel rack.

Here’s the other side of the bathroom. All linens for your stay are provided: bathroom towels, sheets, blankets, down comforters, and pillows.

Rue Voltaire is conveniently located close to all the major Paris attractions. Many destinations, such as the Marais, are easily reached on foot. There are also several bus lines that run close to the building, and a metro stop—rue des Boulets–a half a block down the street.

Here’s the view from the apartment window. It’s a safe, friendly neighborhood with lots of shops and cafes on either end of the street. The relatively low buildings allow for plenty of natural light into the apartment.

Here’s the building’s exterior. There is an electronic “digicode” for buzzing people in on the right side of the door. People need to have keys, or be buzzed in, to two separate doors before accessing the staircase that leads to the apartment.

Here is the main lobby on the other side of the wood entry doors. Vintage tile and wood paneling are très Parisian.

The apartment is two flights up a wide wooden staircase.

This is what the apartment looks like when you open the door. The bathroom is on the left.

Here’s a view of the kitchen from the doorway to the bedroom.

AMENITIES

high-speed wireless Internet

cable TV

DVD and CD player

stereo system to which you can hook up your iPod

telephone with answering machine

free phone calls internationally

free local calls to land lines

towels, sheets, dishtowels

down comforter and down pillows

blankets and fiber-filled pillows

washing machine and rack for air-drying your clothing

books and local maps

flower vases

a “Bible” with info on everything from emergency numbers to where to find a pharmacist, the best currency exchange place, local restaurants, nearest metros, etc.

If you’d like to know more about the apartment’s owner, read this New York Times article.

HOW TO RENT

Send an email with your check-in and check-out dates.

We will send you a rental contract with all the details in it.

A deposit of $500 US (or 500 euros) is required to confirm reservation.

PayPal, check, or a bank transfer are the methods of payment we use. We are not yet equipped to take credit cards.

Reservations made by email are pending until deposit has been received.
Reservations are confirmed when deposit payment has cleared.

First month’s rent is due upon arrival.

The security deposit is returned by bank transfer, check, cash or PayPal after the tenant has checked out and the manager has inspected the apartment.