Stéphane Bern forced to sell his “traditional Cycladic house”

Stéphane Bern, at the origins of a heritage passion

« I was 10 years old when, coming from Nancy, we landed in Paris in the Europe district » reveals for Point of view in 2019 Stéphane Bern, who had not left the capital since his childhood. The last eighteen years he spent in the wing of a private mansion of the IX^e district from which he ends up separating in 2021 in favor of a new life… in Perche. He confides that he is “ fell in love with these old stones which cried out to be saved from oblivion » au Parisian about the former Royal and Military College of Thiron-Gardais, which he is gradually restoring.

What is Stéphane Bern's real estate assets in France?

The Rousseau hotel, from 2003 to 2021

66, rue de la Rochefoucauld du IX^e district of Paris is home to the apartment in which Stéphane Bern resided for eighteen years. It was built in the 18th^e century by the architect Pierre Rousseau to be his vacation home, earning it today the name Hôtel Rousseau. Listed as a Historic Monument of France, it was also the later home of Victor Hugo and Eugène Isabey. When he decided to leave the capital permanently, Stéphane Bern also made the choice to leave this nest, which he had adapted as he wished with the help of his architect and companion at the time. “ It's classic contemporary chic » he delivers to House side during an interview. This is how old antique furniture and Louis XVI chairs are found mixed with wall lights by Van der Straeten, pieces by Hubert Le Gall or a coffee table by Ado Chale. Contemporary art canvases, which he brought back from his travels, and rugs, sometimes made of wool and sometimes made of animal skin, also cover the walls and the floor.