I will give that a listen. My fave House Hunters International were the episodes with the adorable agent. I remember that negotiating the sale there was not how we do it. here in the US.

Adrianne Leeds is on FB and IG. We’re supposed to be in Paris right now and I’m feeling sorry for myself. Can’t wait to watch a little later this afternoon!

Uggh, i find her sooooo unlikeable and she looks ridiculous IMHO

Funny that we had such different impressions of her. I think shes cute in beret although her choice of colors is rather loud and not particularly Parisian. Its been quite a while since ive seen one of her episodes.

Spanish, why are you not in Paris? Im sure you told us. Covid? So sad.

And bbstx, I will listen to that podcast. I love podcasts and that sounds interesting.

ach, maybe I am too harsh.

The HHI guy in London, however, Richard Blanco, is a doll

I take her with a grain of salt. DH had surgery for a hernia three days before we were supposed to leave😭😭😭 He’s doing much better so thats what counts.

ETA: we had ten nights on marriott points at our favorite hotel too😭😭😭😭😭😭

Ten nights on points! Now that is an accomplishment!!!

Spanish, what bad timing but better than if he had gotten sick while away. Paris will still be there waiting for you. Start collecting colorful berets now.

Spanish...so sorry your husband had an operation....and...you missed a trip. Can you reschedule the hotel another time? or do points expire...?

Oh...and I did look up a few properties in Paris. This property has more photos on another site. Link

Points don't expire. We've been a number of times, so it's not a catastrophy. Not sure when we'll be able to plan a big trip again at this point so I'm just sitting on my miles and points like a mama chicken in the coop! First world problems.

Sorry for your husband”s surgery, but glad it happened here, not there. 😁

I read the newsletter summary of the podcast, when he sent it out last week. There probably were more details in the podcast, and I'll take a listen. I do know there are some differences in Paris from the rest of the country, on a few issues. One thing to note is that you do have to pay these property finders a separate fee, in generally, on top of the selling agent's commission.

Adrian's real life persona is a bit toned down, but her love of colors is still there. We used her firm for our purchase.

David Lebovitz talks about how in France the real estate photos are not staged. This one from Nicole’s link above pretty much proves his point.

David Lebovitz talks about how in France the real estate photos are not staged. This one from Nicole’s link above pretty much proves his point.

I shared this in another thread, but during one of my visits, the homeowner had not taken down their collection of artistic yet explicit body study photographs. To make it doubly awkward, they stayed around during a viewing (which is not untypical).

seloger.com gets you a pretty wide range of listings (often duplicated from different agents). It's like a glorified craiglist -- the actual craiglist equivalent also has a real estate section, called leboncoin.fr

If you want to see better presented property, the agency Espaces Atypique does a better job in finding good, well presented examples.

Also cannot stand Leeds

Only the French can make dishabille so appealing.