If anyone is interested HGTV is showing a new episode of House Hunters in Paris right now!

where you live, yes -- us folks out on the left coast have to wait 3 more hours.

Did you see Monday's about London? Now that guy has MONEY! Unfortunately it was on opposite one of my other must-see-TV, Airline so there was a lot of channel surfing back and forth . . . . . .

It is seems to be really good. This guy is looking for an investment apartment in Paris. Of course, they are extremely expensive but I could see myself loving the first one in a Hotel mind you.

These are new? Great! Thanks Simone!

The second one is an apt. located in the Isle St. Louis. This place has a cave. It is also great.

The third is a modern loft. I am truly enjoying this. I think this episode is much better than the first one. Don’t miss it.

I missed the London episode too. Jeez, I’ll have to look for the rerun.

It'd be interesting if they ever showed these on TV in the UK - to compare with similar programmes here. They've had British people buying places in Florida and Oklahoma, as well as all round Europe, South Africa, Australia and the Caribbean. I wonder if they have similar programmes in France, Germany, Scandinavia, etc., etc... and what their take on it is?

http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/...sun/index.html
http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/...hoa_index.html

Well whaddayaknow:

http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?I...;date=20050811

Fill us in? Where in London did the guy buy his apartment, how big was it and how much?

And for Paris, where were they looking? What did they choose and how much?

I missed most of it last night but saw the wrap-up of the 3 he had to decide from. The place he chose was huge and had a massive cave underneath, with a wood floor, great lighting. I can't imagine what he paid for that!

For the Paris episode – they showed three different types of apartments. They did not specify the prices for each one of them. They said the prices ranged from $600,000 to $1,000.000.

The first one was a small “room” in a 4-star hotel in the 5th arr. Apparently hotels are now selling this type of rooms. It is a small apartment (duplex). The bedroom is upstairs. It does not have a kitchen. Everything is modern. The apartment is cleaned and maintained by the hotel. Apparently the owner is allowed to rent whenever he is away.

The second is the most expensive. It is about 1,000 sq. ft. It is located on the Isle St. Louis. The building dates back to the 1600s. It had some beautiful wooden beams. I seem to remember that there were two bedrooms, a small kitchen and a pretty modern bathroom. The basement had a beautiful cave. I suppose this is the one that cost $1,000,000.

The third was a very modern 1300 sq. ft. loft located somewhere on the 12th arr. The apartment had lots of light, a modern bathroom and kitchen. The buyer was not very interested in this one. He dismissed it because the heating and electric bills would be a big expense.

The buyer chose the Isle St. Louis’ apartment.

What made me wonder was how a young flight attendant would be able to afford to finance this expensive apartment. He was planning to sell a small apartment he owned in the outskirts of Paris. It still seemed a bit too much for such a young person.

I Loved it! I found it interesting a flight attendant could afford to invest that much money...Any way, I would have loved the hotel myself. No cooking and a billion choices for food just outside the door every day! What a life!

I was wondering the same thing about how a young flight attendent could afford apartments at those prices. I certainly could not. Does France have some kind of financing program for young people who want to invest? I was also thinking that maybe his family had money? I wasn't wild about the apartments main floor, but the cave part was really cool and the location, location, location can't be beat.