Thiseio | Cut To: Thiseio, 1930 | 97 Sq.M. From The Athens That Cannot Be Rebuilt

Property Code: 7-697. FADE IN.
A narrow, quiet street in Thiseio, almost like a pedestrian lane.
An independent front door.
Behind it, ceilings rising above 4.50 metres, wood, stone, plaster details and patterned cement tiles that have been there for almost a century.

Year: 1930. Athens.
In a pre-war duplex of the city, a ground-floor residence of 97 sq.m. is offered for sale, on a 132 sq.m. plot, with its own completely independent entrance.
The first-floor apartment has its own separate access, leaving this residence an autonomy that recalls an old Athenian house rather than a typical apartment. 

Height is the protagonist.
More than 4.50 m changes the proportions, the light and the feeling of the spaces.
Plaster decorations survive on walls and ceilings, wooden parquet covers the living room and the rooms, while in the hall, kitchen and bathroom the characteristic patterned cement tiles of the 1930s are preserved.

The residence was renovated in 2011, retaining significant elements of its identity.
The wooden windows with single glazing kept the royal character, a kitchen with wooden cabinets, dishwasher and washing machine was created, the bathroom was partially renewed with a shower and sanitaryware, and air-conditioning units were installed.
Heating is autonomous natural gas, via an independent boiler that also provides domestic hot water.

ONE FLOOR. MORE THAN ONE SCRIPT.
Today the residence functions with two bedrooms, as part of the original living-room space is used as a second room.
The layout, however, allows the next owner to choose: two bedrooms or one main bedroom and the restoration of a larger, unified living–sitting–dining area.  

And right at the entrance a second story is hidden: a space of approximately 10 sq.m., organised with a kitchenette, a small bathroom with shower, an independent electrical panel and a loft of approximately 4 sq.m. with a bed.
A private office, guest room or small autonomous hospitality studio within the same ownership.

AND THEN, THERE IS THISEIO.
Here the location is part of the property.
You step out of the house and daily life can continue towards the Ancient Agora, Apostolou Pavlou, Filopappou and the Pikionis paths, Thiseio, Monastiraki and the Acropolis.  It is the Athens of neoclassical buildings, small streets and open-air cinemas.
The Athens where a morning walk can pass beside monuments thousands of years old and the evening can end at a table in Petralona.  

Live in one of the few areas where contemporary Athens still converses daily with the old. And perhaps this is the real singularity of this particular purchase:
1935 can be renovated.
It cannot be rebuilt.  For owner-occupation, an Athenian pied-à-terre or a hospitality property, it is a rare combination of authentic architecture, independence and historic location.

Sale Price: €800,000.
Some homes have an address.
This one has a place in the story of Athens.