Bel-etage | Jeremy Woolfe

2-BEDROOM 1-BATHROOM FURNISHED APPARTMENT

(+ separate shower room and WC)

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… in traditional townhouse in EU/Cinquantenaire area

‘BEL ÉTAGE’ at 60 rue Victor Lefèvre Turn-of-the-century Rue Victor Lefèvre comprises mainly turn-of-the-century town houses with an interesting variety of architectural styles.

Number 60 is typical: in the Belgian “bel-étage”, eclectic style; it is a good example of this underestimated Brussels tradition.

Occupiers of the house, who are often international professionals from all over Europe and the US, generally get satisfaction from contributing to the preservation of the heritage.

The house contains three apartments, a student’s room, and the office of the proprietor. The common stairway is white marble in the entrance, then fitted with attractive red carpet for the rest of the way up. Mix of styles.

The “bel étage” apartment is a two-storey (+ cellar) conversion which keeps as close as possible to the original style of the house. Some ceilings are in elaborately moulded plaster.

There are stained glass panels in doors dividing rooms and floors including coloured patterns tiles and wax polished ship pine.
The apartment is self-contained, with central heating using a modern economical gas fired condensing boiler filled 2010, its own meters for utilities (heating may convert to calorimeter system) Fully equipped Currently it is equipped with: television (cable), clothes and dishwashers, clothes drier, plenty of cupboard space.

Its garden, which measures approx 5m 60 x 9m, is a suntrap.

Specifications:

upper floor: Three rooms joining one with the other, comprising

entrance room/study,
salon-TV room,
dining room
one room fitted as kitchen.
Most floors upstairs oak planks (2010).
Ceilings, high, with moulded plaster.
Stairs (wooden, with mirror panels), down to corridor
Shoe cupboard,
Bathroom,
Fully tiled floor and walls,
Double wash basins,
Bath with shower,
Separate shower cabinet,
Bidet,
WC,
Two bedrooms, joined by dressing room with ample cupboard space.
Most flooring patterned tiles in blue and white, with some loose carpets.
Stairs (pierre bleue – grey limestone) down to cellars, including :
small second WC room,
including shower and washbasin, and tiled floor,
laundry room,
with central heating plant,
plastered walls,
clothes washing machine,
clothes dryer,
ironing table etc.
Safe cemented into wall.
Lighting via false windows.

At back: small paved garden, with small pond , pergola and garden shed.

Lighting from above, and dimmer lighting.

Surface area apartment on 2 1/2 floors, including cellars, covers approx 160 m² + garden approx 9m x 5.6 m = c50 m² area.

Location:

The apartment is in the area of the Cinquantenaire Park, rue de Tongres shopping street, Merode metro station, military academy, and Square Montgomery.

This area is much sought after for a number of reasons:

Proximity to the top-quality and imaginative shops, cafés and restaurants in the rue de Tongres neighbourhood;
General international atmosphere, including the practical advantages of availability of English language books, international newspapers etc.;
The sheer magnificence of the monumental arches of the Cinquantenaire park, as well as the park itself with its museums, fountain and statues; excellent metro connections;
Closeness to the European institutions