Tales from the hunt

A dark parisian visit, for Julien There are days when real estate decides to test our limits. Our client of the day: Julien, CEO of a major French group, accustomed to quick trips to Paris, board meetings, and the various apartments he already owns in the capital. This time, he entrusts us with the search for the property: large, prestigious, a comfortable pied-à-terre for his travels — and, above all, a way to stop regularly “inviting himself” to stay at his son’s stud

December.  It’s 9:30 p.m. when we hang up with our client. He’s French, based in London, father of three, married to Nathalie, a painter. His name is Jules, 51, half-finance-half-tech prodigy. What Jules wants is to stop spending obscene amounts of money renting dream villas every summer. He wants his own. Something like the one he rented in July… but also a bit like last year’s… and of course with his own twist. Well—mostly Nathalie’s twist.