Hidden behind a wooden gate in Vanves, just outside Paris, an early-20th-century former post house has come to market for €1.35m. The 150sqm house opens onto a large reception room with exposed oak beams, pale stone floors and tall, small-paned glazed doors painted celadon blue. An adjoining kitchen also opens towards the garden, while a second entrance and shower room complete the ground floor.

Upstairs are three bedrooms, each with its own shower room, with accessible attic space above.

Outside, blue shutters punctuate the white facade and Virginia creeper and ivy climb around a timber terrace. The enclosed garden gives the house an unusual degree of separation from its urban surroundings.

The interiors remain filled with art, books, antique furniture and collected objects, while the house itself is being sold for renovation. Its existing details — from the oak beams and stone floors to the glazed doors and garden-facing rooms — give a buyer plenty to work with.

The house sits close to the centre of Vanves and around 100 metres from Paris.

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