Pierre Lees-Melou and the Paris Housing Reality

Finding somewhere to live in Paris is difficult. For everyone, apparently.

Pierre Lees-Melou, who joined Paris FC for €6.5 million at the end of August, is still living in a hotel. In an interview on 26 September 2025, the 32-year-old midfielder was straightforward about it: "I'm still in transit, still at the hotel. Finding a place is complicated."

He's found one now. But even after finding it, he waits. The official move-in date keeps getting pushed back. His wife and daughter joined him two days before the interview. The furniture sits in the removal van. The movers are waiting for the signal. Everything's ready, except access to the flat.

"The hardest part's done," says Lees-Melou, who's known Dijon, Nice, Cardiff, Norwich and Brest before Paris. He keeps his composure, like someone who understands that certain things simply take time, whether you like it or not.

In the meantime, it's the hotel and the training ground. "We're really stuck between the two: hotel and training," he explains. His family, who describe themselves as "more country people," are waiting to settle in properly before exploring their new surroundings.

A professional footballer, a multi-million-pound transfer, and the same administrative limbo as anyone else in this city.

The keys will arrive soon.