If you have ever contemplated living in Paris, this is a rare chance to do so at about half the price of a comparable apartment, and there are no transfer taxes and no real estate taxes!

Beautiful conversion of a 26.5 m x 5 m Klipper-style (Dutch-type) hull boasts walls of thermopane windows for fantastic light and views of Ile St. Louis & Notre Dame! The conversion into this super house 12 years ago was of the highest standard. Everything was new from the hull up, at great cost.

Enjoy approximately 110 square meters of living space -- 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, an office/den, a large livingroom with open kitchen. There are many closets as well as extensive built-in storage in every room plus every convenience -- dishwasher, clothes washer&dryer, ADSL/cable link, etc. There is an immense roof-top terrace lined with planters plus a private lower patio -- something very special on a boat!

The entire boat is paneled with Hetre (Beech) and is mostly wood floored. This is a very handsome, elegant conversion that avoids the kitsch "boatie" look. Think instead, of a stylish modern apartment. Offered for sale with furniture -- including Art Deco antiques, and furnishings, the boat is ready to navigate and/or enjoy in Paris' best mooring!

This is the ONLY quai in Paris free from odious disadvantages that tarnish so many live-in barges' berths, such as double mooring (two barges moored side-by side), adjacent high-speed roads, with inevitable noise and pollution, and heavy two-way boat traffic with the resulting choppy water and excessive rocking, yet the mooring fee is just 10E/day!

As part of the sale, the boat will be moved to drydock for a complete hull inspection and undercoating. It will be repainted and all systems verified as fully functional. The drydocking and any needed corrective work will be done at the sellers' expense. The boat will be supplied with full reference material and the sellers will remain accessable for questions, assistance and consultation, at no additional charge. Non French speakers need not be apprehensive! We will assist in every way needed to smooth the (not very daunting) paperwork.

Business owners/decision makers alert! This could make a very prestigious corporate pied a terre in Paris, and some country's tax regulations treat such purchases very generously. In the USA, for example, a boat such as this can be depreciated in just seven years, creating astonishing tax savings!