The House · Editorial guide
An editorial guide to the three arrondissements most often considered by international clients relocating to Paris. No transaction is handled on this page — BookAndSmiles is a Private Office that prepares and coordinates; clients always contract directly with landlords or licensed agencies holding a carte T.
I · The reading
The 7th, 8th and 16th arrondissements outline three distinct ways of living Paris. This guide describes the life codes of each, as we observe them for the international families we support.
The 7th attracts diplomats, institutional families and residents who wish to live in immediate proximity to embassies, ministries and the Seine. The tempo is calm, walkable, with everyday shopping and markets close at hand.
The 8th remains the quarter of international executives, couture houses and financial institutions. Days are professional, evenings extend along Faubourg Saint-Honoré and Avenue Montaigne. Fewer families live here; residences are often secondary.
The 16th — particularly Passy, Trocadéro and Auteuil — remains the structural choice of international families with school-age children. It carries the highest density of bilingual schools in Paris. Proximity to the Bois de Boulogne softens family life.
3 quarters
Historic concentration
Bilingual
International schools · 16th
Guide
Editorial · no transactions
II · The three arrondissements
A synthetic grid. Each arrondissement maps to a specific mode of life.
Eiffel, Invalides, Gros Caillou. Quiet addresses, stone buildings, immediate proximity to ministries and embassies. Suited to diplomatic postings and representation residences.
Avenue Montaigne, Avenue George V, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. The most discreet addresses of professional Paris. Executives, international family offices, secondary residences.
Passy, Trocadéro, Auteuil, Muette. The highest density of bilingual schools in Paris. Suited to international families with school-age children on long cycles.
III · The method
Our role is editorial and preparatory — never transactional. What we bring to a client hesitating between these three arrondissements.
Listen
Primary residence, secondary, mixed? Children? Frequency of stays? We map the use before any neighbourhood reading.
Guide
We share what we know of each quarter — schools, paediatricians, sports, texture of addresses, tempo of life — so the client can choose calmly.
Prepare
Once the neighbourhood is chosen, we prepare the rental application. The client then contracts directly with the landlord or licensed agency (carte T).
A private neighbourhood reading
We do not perform regulated real estate brokerage and do not present properties. The first conversation is a private editorial guide to the neighbourhood — useful before considering the preparation of a rental application or engaging a licensed agency (carte T).
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