delegated auctions for vacant properties in the city
There are several dozen of them waiting their turn at the foot of 64, rue de la Joliette (2and). The object sought: an apartment at 3and floor that its owner, the City of Marseille, will put up for public auction. 60,000 euros is the initial price set by France Domaine for this 67 m² one-bedroom apartment in which everything needs to be redone. While the Marseillais are struggling to find accommodation, the apartment has been empty for 27 years! Or almost, an occupant without right or title was expelled in 2018. This abandoned property had been pre-empted in 1995 for 310,000 francs (about 47,000 euros) under the former term of office in order to constitute a land reserve. The layer of dust raised by the footsteps of visitors says it all about the carelessness of yesteryear.
Like this T2, three other forgotten apartments are for sale, emerging from a real estate nebula that the assistant delegate for heritage strategy, Éric Méry (PM) was dismissed from the start of his mandate. ” We realized that we had an important heritage distributed, empty, in a terrible state and without use for the City. There, it’s an experiment but on a minimum of fifty to give in, like that in their own juice… “, he explains.
” I am counting on
my good star ”
Among them, a Toulouse student who registered on Agorastore, the online auction platform chosen by the City. ” I wasn’t thinking of buying because the bank wouldn’t have lent me anything, but following an inheritance, I have enough to invest if the work isn’t too heavy. I rely on my lucky star. “The announcement seems enticing: “ Magnificent acquisition opportunity. Ideal investment for first-time buyers to establish their main residence following work. Another shrewd 30-year-old scans the ceilings, feels the walls. For him it would be a family investment. ” There is everything to redo. I am not a first-time buyer but I plan to do it again to rent it to my mother with an agreed rent Anah. » The rent would then be capped at 629.80 euros without charges.
Three hundred meters away, at 58, rue de Forbin, all the visiting slots are full to visit at 5and floor a T2 of 44m² priced at 22,500 euros. ” Bad condition. Water leak. An old deliberation reports compensation for water damage that occurred on March 13, 1997. That was 25 years ago! At 3, rue Guitrand, in Le Panier, there is a small 27m² one-bedroom apartment available from 20,250 euros. ” Bad condition. Presence of lead. Gas and electricity installations dilapidated and dangerous. 11, chemin des Prud’hommes, in Pont-de-Vivaux, seems risky. It is a vacant property without a master, that is to say a succession open for thirty years, without heir, which failed in 2014 in the heritage of the City. A ruin which has already cost the community in official works to provide it with a new roof. At 70,000 euros, it is of interest to residents of the district this Tuesday.
” We have arbitrated with several assistant properties on those that cost the community money », explains Éric Méry. “ The will of the City is transparency. Everyone can visit them and position themselves on them. It is not the highest bidder who will win but the best project to favor first-time buyers or those who want to make it an Anah approved accommodation. In any case, the City will have the last word. »
The auctions are held from May 3 to 4. Agorastore will do a first sorting on the profiles to, let’s say it, filter out businessmen or possible slumber merchants. A city commission with a representative of Adil then decides. The city council approves the transfers at the end of June.