*If you would prefer to enjoy your share of "Le Palace" in a single four-week visit, let us know, and we'll work hard to accommodate you. Share owners can also switch individual weeks among themselves whenever they wish. We expect that many owners will enjoy that convenience. Click here to see the calendar.

Own your own Pied-à-Terre on the Place des Vosges!...

The Story of Le Palace des Vosges

We were very lucky to find this AMAZING "maison" -- more of a house in the country than an apartment in Paris, right smack dab in the middle of Paris' most elegant square -- the Place des Vosges.

Finding an apartment for sale in the Place des Vosges is virtually impossible. But we did it! And this one is the 'jewel in the crown.'

If you don't already know it, the square, located in Le Marais, in the 4th arrondissement, is the BEST ADDRESS in town. Nothing comes close! Living on the square is as elegant and special as any address could be.

The Place is more than 400 years old. The history is filled with intrigue, having once been a private gated community for the rich and famous. It's the center of Marais life and it gets more beautiful with each passing moment.

There have been many prestigious residents of the Place des Vosges over the years...

At No. 1bis Madame de Sevigné was born here... Click here to learn who could be your neighbors at Le Palace des Vosges and more about its 400 years of history...

You could be among them!!!

Le Palace des Vosges is located on the second courtyard adjacent to the Michelin-rated three-star restaurant, L'Ambroisie, at number 9, just one door down from the entrance to the gardens of the Hôtel de Sully. The entry is one of those grand arched doors. Nights and weekends, there is an "Interphone" where you must ring to enter, so don't even try, or the Concierge will send you scurrying out!

Once you enter, you will discover a cobblestoned courtyard, statuary in the center, the windows of Amboisie on the right, windows of the Hôtel de Sully on the left and a well-respected art gallery straight ahead. Keep walking and turn down the little road on your left. It winds down what feels like a country lane to another courtyard, planted with roses, more statuary and on it sits an atelier, several small houses, a few garages and two walls of atelier-style windows four meters high in the far corner.

That's "LE PALACE DES VOSGES"...our name for our very own Fractional Ownership property. This is your chance to own one (or more) fractions of whatis the most luxurious and most elegant fractional property in Paris! Let me tell you just a bit about it...

The "Acte de Vente" was signed on January 30 2009 and the property will be owned by up to 13 different and very lucky owners, each one with four weeks of usage, to be purely rotational in two-week increments.

One of the lucky 13 owners could be you...

Le Palace des Vosges is an unusual "maison" located on the second courtyard adjacent to the Michelin-rated three-star restaurant, L'Ambroisie, at number 9, just one door down from the entrance to the gardens of the Hôtel de Sully. The entry is one of those grand arched doors on the Place des Vosges. Once you enter, you will discover a cobblestoned courtyard, statuary in the center, the windows of Ambroisie on the right, windows of the Acadamie d'Architecture on the left and a well-respected art gallery, Diana Nikki Marquardt straight ahead. Keep walking and turn down the little road on your left. It winds down what feels like a country lane to another courtyard, planted with roses and more statuary. On it sits an atelier, several small houses, a few garages and two walls of atelier-style windows four meters high in the far corner.

That's Le Palace des Vosges.

It's three levels in 81 square meters (872 sq ft) with two bedrooms, two en-suite bathrooms and a powder room. You enter through the main door which is part of a glass paned wall into a large and spacious living room/dining room/kitchen that has huge 400 year-old beams and stone tiled floors. The ceilings are more than four meters high.

On this level, you will discover an elegant living room with luscious spring green velour sofa bed, trimmed in gold, with complimentary provincial arm chairs, large coffee table, marble mantle and fireplace (electric and amazingly real!), antique gilded mirror and coat closet. Over the couch is painting by Pascal Amblard. A floor-to-ceiling silk embroidered drape circles the front door and windows to privatize the living room and keep out the cold air.

Just next to the living room is the formal dining room with a table that seats up to eight and a large buffet that serves as a bookshelf and storage. Behind the dining room is an entertainment center with large flat-screen TV, desk, computer and phone, installed with high speed Internet, hundreds of TV channels and free long distance phone to more than 100 countries.

The château-style kitchen is just a zinc-bar away -- fully equipped with a dishwasher, microwave oven, washer, dryer, all the small appliances you could dream of and a five-burner gas Falcon stove, grill, oven and warming oven that makes any gourmet cook swoon. Over the stove hang hand antique copper pots from the Jules Verne Restaurant in the Eiffel Tower. There is no shortage of wonderful cooking utensils, elegant dinnerware and glassware with which to serve at your elegant dinner parties.

A powder room is tucked in next to the stairwell so your guests need not enter the bedrooms. On the wall of the powder room and next to the kitchen is another Pascal Amblard painting, humorously titled, "Cake" with details from Sophia Coppola's film, "Marie-Antoinette." The spacious main room makes a perfect entertaining area and all the lighting from the chandeliers and sconces are on dimmer controls to allow for a bright or warm glow.

From the main level there is a stone spiral staircase and balustrade balcony that leads to the upper bedroom master suite with luxurious bath and a small stone staircase that leads to the lower bedroom and full bath. Both bedrooms share the perpendicular wall of glass panels, one directly over the other.

The upper bedroom is deliciously decorated in lavender and silk. A large queen-sized bed converts to twins when desired. A marble and iron vanity adorn the room, while the Marie-Antoinette deep claw-foot tub lies just beyond, with a toilet in its own room on one side and a full shower on the other. The rainhead shower is reportedly to be sheer heaven. From this room, just over a desk with drawers is an oval window overlooking the living area below. It's capped by an oil painting by Pascal Amblard and is backed by a mirror that opens so that when it's closed you have use of the mirror and the painting shows through to the living area.

The view from the windows overlooks the courtyard and the Hôtel de Sully, looming overhead. In the courtyard, it's so quiet you can hear the birds chirping, and not a sound from the nearby Place or streets.

The lower bedroom is a deep burgundy and masculine in style. A full bath is equipped with another glorious shower with rainhead. The bed is equally large and also converts to twins. In a storage room, there is a trap door to a finished tiled cellar.

There is nothing Le Palace des Vosges wants for...and neither will you when you discover this slice of heaven in the center of Paris -- at Paris' finest address -- La Place des Vosges.

Apartment Amenities

- Intercom entry system on the principal doors of the Place des Vosges
- Rez de chausée at the back of the second courtyard
- Bright, both north and east facing glass façade overlooking a courtyard with views of the Hotel de Sully dating back to the 17th-century

MAIN LEVEL

- Space living/dining/ open kitchen with 4.5 meter high ceilings and 17th-century beams
- Velour sofa easily converts to a comfortable double bed + additional seating
- Dining for six to eight
- Luxurious château-style kitchen with zinc bar, marble counter and sink
- Dishwasher
- Refrigerator
- Freezer
- Falcon brand 5-burner gas stovetop and oven
- Microwave oven
- Electric coffee maker and espresso machine
- Electric tea kettle
- Toaster
- A complete array of kitchenware (all cooking utensils, dinner and tableware, serving pieces)
- Washer
- Dryer
- Iron, and ironing board
- Vacuum cleaner, brooms, mops, etc.
- Powder room with toilet and sink
- Desk with entertainment system
- Large flat screen color TV with cable channels, including BBC World, BBC Prime, CNN International and Aljazeera International
- Private telephone line with answering machine and three phones distributed throughout apartment
- Free long distance telephone service to 100 countries, including US and Canada
- Free WiFi internet access
- Stereo with cassette and CD player, with an assortment of CDs, including jazz, classical and world music
- DVD player, region 2 international, with movies in English and French (subtitles in French and English), many with Parisian themes
- Dell laptop computer
- Canon inkjet printer

UPPER MASTER BEDROOM

- Queen/king-size bed that converts to twins.
- Radio alarm clock
- Full bath with claw-foot free-standing tub, large shower, WC
- Hair dryer
- Plenty of bed linens, hand, bath and kitchen towels

 

 

 

LOWER SECOND BEDROOM

- Queen/king-size bed that converts to twins.
- Radio alarm clock
- Full bathroom with large shower, toilet
- Hair dryer
- Plenty of bed linens, hand, bath and kitchen towels

 

 

EXTRAS

- Electricity, heat, telephone and Internet included
- Smoke and pet-free
- Books and guidebooks in English including Insider Paris Guide to Good Value Restaurants
- Business card folder with local business addresses
- Manual with instructions for equipment provided

Martine di Matteo, our Interior Architect, and I spent a lot of the semi-annual trade fair, "Maison et Objet," where many furnishings and decorative items were discovered. The entire apartment is like "eye candy" -- we stopped at nothing to make it perfect...something of which every owner will be hugely proud and LOVE lavishing in. The bedrooms are air conditioned and the entire apartment is well heated with efficient electric radiators. Neither smoking nor pets are allowed, of course.

Click here to see the photos of Le Palace des Vosges...

Click here to take the video tours with Adrian Leeds...!!

The price increases as the shares are sold. So, you will want to purchase your share as early as possible not to miss out on this special opportunity. If you compare the price with any other fractional property on the market, you will find it's less expensive than others much less desirable.

Investment per Share

Shares 1 through 4	SOLD OUT
Shares 5 through 10	158,900€
Shares 11 through 13	177,900€

How to Reserve Your Share

A Deposit of 15,000€ and a signed Purchase Contract and Escrow Agreement will hold your share. The funds are to be transferred to an escrow account held by John Howell and Company, London. A Complete Document Package will follow shortly for your review with which you will confirm your purchase of the property and pay for the share in full.

For complete details on how to Reserve Your Share, click here.

Click here for ongoing updates and news about Le Palace des Vosges.

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For more information and to reserve your share, contact Mary Ellen Gallagher at MaryEllen@AdrianLeeds.com