Hi, it's Cyprien.
I know that it's been a while since I've done any videos for my blog
It's been what...uh...since 2004.
Really...
It's been a few weeks since I moved apartments.
I will show you my technique for getting an apartment in Paris.
To have an apartment in Paris, it's really simple
You just need to do one thing
A LOT OF LUCK.
Me, I lived in an apartment that was 20 square meters for two.
You take out bathroom and the furniture and what's left?
One square meter of "vital living space".
It's good. A square meter.
Excuse me, your chair is in my vital living space.
Yup, I've counted the floorboards.
You have 7 and I have 5.
To becomes aware of the state of the housing market at Paris...
That's a sentence with big words.
[apocalyptic housing market music]
Well, to realise how crazy it is you need to be there for open house.
In my old apartment it took 5 minutes.
In that time, there were three visits.
It's a good thing then that the apartment was so small
The visits were faster
Excuse me, is this the open house?
Thanks, bye.
It makes me laugh when people take pictures.
Of my apartment...
I'll take a photo.
It's good, thanks.
I'm happy that I'm not living in that room anymore
There was enough vital living space
but the walls were made of tracing paper.
When my neighbours talked I thought I was part of the conversation
Can you bring the flour please?
I don't have any more flour, sorry.
Listen to that!
The neighbour thinks we're talking to him!
How lame!
Actually I can hear everything-
He can hear everything!
Lame.
You need to know that landlords
are the most paranoid people on the planet
more than the kid from Sixth Sense that sees dead people
You need to sign a million insurance forms
to make sure that you've properly paid your rent
I had to sign a form to say that I would pay my rent
even in a natural disaster
like when a meteor falls to Earth and all human life is destroyed.
Just in case.
What is this paper? What did I just sign?
That's over now. I moved.
Hold up.
I've got a bathtub.
It reminds me of my vital living space.
It's good.
As you've noticed, I haven't decorated much.
It isn't very personalized I think.
I have frames with nothing in it.
I don't know this person.
I don't have a cat either.
I have a problem with this apartment
because of the locks.
Every time I see it, I say WHY?!
WHY?!
Maybe the last tenant was a leprechaun.
Maybe that explains my balcony.
They could have the whole family on there.
I don't know.
That's I have to update you on.
I don't have a Facebook page
but I have Twitter and a blog.