tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post7641517986168822155..comments2024-03-29T13:11:25.325+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Peeking insideKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-31177918188294891752014-11-20T09:46:18.574+01:002014-11-20T09:46:18.574+01:00Such glimpses are among my favourite photo opportu...Such glimpses are among my favourite photo opportunities in Paris. It is, of course, important to find out whether the bedrooms (at least) of a Paris apartment are "coté rue" or "coté cour": even if the estate agent's window claims the magic words "calme et clair". Fortunately, the apartment I've been lucky enough to swop with over the years is accessed through such a courtyard (rather more austerely maintained than the one in your photo, though), and the bedroom overlooks a second internal area which the ground-floor resident maintains as a proper private postage-stamp garden. Autolycushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642868944400656922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-27532808454311515342014-11-20T08:03:07.077+01:002014-11-20T08:03:07.077+01:00Ken, whilst it looks nice...
the courtyard belongs...Ken, whilst it looks nice...<br />the courtyard belongs to the apartments as a whole...<br />and, therefore, I presume, would be subject to terms, conditions, rules, etc...<br />not forgetting an extortionate rate of maintenance to be paid annually...<br />and managed by outside contractors...<br />which looks here to be missed out on by some/all residents...<br />viz: the trip hazard in the paving... in front of the terracotta flowerpot [top picture]...<br />so whilst it is a green oasis for a city dweller... <br />it isn't theirs to do as they want...<br />and never would be...<br />not for me, even if I win the Euromillions!!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-51638735422975762492014-11-19T22:30:31.300+01:002014-11-19T22:30:31.300+01:00Your photos reminds me Cracow..Your photos reminds me Cracow..Gosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-29643158060577104452014-11-19T20:54:15.827+01:002014-11-19T20:54:15.827+01:00It just struck me as so beautiful that day.It just struck me as so beautiful that day.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-16652565156238840692014-11-19T20:52:52.865+01:002014-11-19T20:52:52.865+01:00What you say is true, Judy... but Paris! As Andrew...What you say is true, Judy... but Paris! As Andrew said, big bucks required. Oh well.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-36963168794421009392014-11-19T15:47:19.111+01:002014-11-19T15:47:19.111+01:00Thanks for showing us this beautiful secret garden...Thanks for showing us this beautiful secret garden (er courtyard).Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-56249303611384930132014-11-19T13:18:16.000+01:002014-11-19T13:18:16.000+01:00You'd have to dig up too many bricks for your ...You'd have to dig up too many bricks for your veggie patch ;)Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-13816926152233252432014-11-19T11:46:15.797+01:002014-11-19T11:46:15.797+01:00The old town of Palma, Majorca, has these green oa...The old town of Palma, Majorca, has these green oases too. What a haven. There are quite a number of LPO Refuges in Paris, where anything green and growing from a windowbox to a lovely courtyard like this is declared a nature reserve by the proprietors. PaulineTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-43675276370184537552014-11-19T09:27:13.830+01:002014-11-19T09:27:13.830+01:00Requiring a a very large amount of euro. Budapest ...Requiring a a very large amount of euro. Budapest apartment buildings are similar, all with central courtyards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com