1 00:00:00,499 --> 00:00:02,490 Hi, it's Cyprien. 2 00:00:02,490 --> 00:00:05,135 I know that it's been a while since I've done any videos for my blog 3 00:00:05,135 --> 00:00:07,947 It's been what...uh...since 2004. 4 00:00:08,684 --> 00:00:09,825 Really... 5 00:00:09,825 --> 00:00:12,489 It's been a few weeks since I moved apartments. 6 00:00:12,489 --> 00:00:16,851 I will show you my technique for getting an apartment in Paris. 7 00:00:16,851 --> 00:00:19,620 To have an apartment in Paris, it's really simple 8 00:00:19,620 --> 00:00:20,913 You just need to do one thing 9 00:00:22,913 --> 00:00:24,457 A LOT OF LUCK. 10 00:00:24,457 --> 00:00:27,401 Me, I lived in an apartment that was 20 square meters for two. 11 00:00:27,401 --> 00:00:30,173 You take out bathroom and the furniture and what's left? 12 00:00:31,312 --> 00:00:33,142 One square meter of "vital living space". 13 00:00:33,142 --> 00:00:35,167 It's good. A square meter. 14 00:00:35,167 --> 00:00:38,094 Excuse me, your chair is in my vital living space. 15 00:00:38,371 --> 00:00:41,445 Yup, I've counted the floorboards. 16 00:00:41,445 --> 00:00:43,925 You have 7 and I have 5. 17 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,972 To becomes aware of the state of the housing market at Paris... 18 00:00:49,972 --> 00:00:51,610 That's a sentence with big words. 19 00:00:51,610 --> 00:00:56,069 [apocalyptic housing market music] 20 00:00:56,069 --> 00:00:59,738 Well, to realise how crazy it is you need to be there for open house. 21 00:00:59,738 --> 00:01:01,850 In my old apartment it took 5 minutes. 22 00:01:01,850 --> 00:01:05,046 In that time, there were three visits. 23 00:01:07,860 --> 00:01:10,078 It's a good thing then that the apartment was so small 24 00:01:10,078 --> 00:01:11,788 The visits were faster 25 00:01:11,788 --> 00:01:13,864 Excuse me, is this the open house? 26 00:01:16,598 --> 00:01:17,326 Thanks, bye. 27 00:01:17,326 --> 00:01:20,250 It makes me laugh when people take pictures. 28 00:01:20,665 --> 00:01:22,083 Of my apartment... 29 00:01:22,083 --> 00:01:23,795 I'll take a photo. 30 00:01:28,516 --> 00:01:29,939 It's good, thanks. 31 00:01:30,648 --> 00:01:33,953 I'm happy that I'm not living in that room anymore 32 00:01:33,953 --> 00:01:37,455 There was enough vital living space 33 00:01:37,931 --> 00:01:43,768 but the walls were made of tracing paper. 34 00:01:43,768 --> 00:01:46,761 When my neighbours talked I thought I was part of the conversation 35 00:01:46,761 --> 00:01:49,410 Can you bring the flour please? 36 00:01:49,410 --> 00:01:51,828 I don't have any more flour, sorry. 37 00:01:51,828 --> 00:01:52,833 Listen to that! 38 00:01:52,833 --> 00:01:54,735 The neighbour thinks we're talking to him! 39 00:01:54,735 --> 00:01:55,623 How lame! 40 00:01:57,038 --> 00:01:57,788 Actually I can hear everything- 41 00:01:57,788 --> 00:01:58,538 He can hear everything! 42 00:01:58,538 --> 00:01:59,290 Lame. 43 00:02:01,365 --> 00:02:02,978 You need to know that landlords 44 00:02:02,978 --> 00:02:06,231 are the most paranoid people on the planet 45 00:02:06,231 --> 00:02:08,739 more than the kid from Sixth Sense that sees dead people 46 00:02:08,739 --> 00:02:10,401 You need to sign a million insurance forms 47 00:02:10,401 --> 00:02:12,163 to make sure that you've properly paid your rent 48 00:02:12,163 --> 00:02:14,927 I had to sign a form to say that I would pay my rent 49 00:02:14,927 --> 00:02:16,699 even in a natural disaster 50 00:02:16,699 --> 00:02:19,965 like when a meteor falls to Earth and all human life is destroyed. 51 00:02:19,965 --> 00:02:21,220 Just in case. 52 00:02:22,897 --> 00:02:25,217 What is this paper? What did I just sign? 53 00:02:25,217 --> 00:02:28,078 That's over now. I moved. 54 00:02:28,078 --> 00:02:28,530 Hold up. 55 00:02:29,268 --> 00:02:30,267 I've got a bathtub. 56 00:02:35,131 --> 00:02:38,300 It reminds me of my vital living space. 57 00:02:38,300 --> 00:02:39,557 It's good. 58 00:02:40,973 --> 00:02:45,205 As you've noticed, I haven't decorated much. 59 00:02:45,205 --> 00:02:48,217 It isn't very personalized I think. 60 00:02:50,878 --> 00:02:52,848 I have frames with nothing in it. 61 00:02:52,848 --> 00:02:56,078 I don't know this person. 62 00:02:56,078 --> 00:02:58,291 I don't have a cat either. 63 00:02:58,291 --> 00:03:00,704 I have a problem with this apartment 64 00:03:00,704 --> 00:03:02,659 because of the locks. 65 00:03:02,659 --> 00:03:05,669 Every time I see it, I say WHY?! 66 00:03:08,820 --> 00:03:09,720 WHY?! 67 00:03:11,459 --> 00:03:15,307 Maybe the last tenant was a leprechaun. 68 00:03:16,137 --> 00:03:18,928 Maybe that explains my balcony. 69 00:03:25,572 --> 00:03:29,092 They could have the whole family on there. 70 00:03:29,092 --> 00:03:30,154 I don't know. 71 00:03:30,154 --> 00:03:32,868 That's I have to update you on. 72 00:03:32,868 --> 00:03:34,376 I don't have a Facebook page 73 00:03:34,376 --> 00:03:36,335 but I have Twitter and a blog.