I live at the second floor of the oldest building in Paris, The house of Nicolas Flamel, at No. 51, which was built in 1407 by Nicolas Flamel himself still stands, the oldest stone house in Paris.
The ground floor, always a tavern, currently houses the Auberge Nicolas Flamel. Nicolas Flamel, a scrivener and manuscript-seller who developed a reputation as an alchemist, claimed that he made the Philosopher's Stone which turns lead into gold. Engraved images were discovered during recent works on this house.

On the facade of the building you can still read his inscription: "Nous homes et femes laboureurs demourans ou porche de ceste maison qui fut faite en l'an de grâce mil quatre cens et sept somes tenus chascun en droit soy dire tous les jours une paternostre et un ave maria en priant Dieu que sa grâce face pardon aus povres pescheurs trespasses Amen".[4]

The first two floors, where I live still retain their original decoration: the famous Gothic inscription as well as the pillars of the base moldings and decorations of angels and columns. On the second and fifth pillars are engraved with the initials N and F in homage to the founder of the place.

This house has been the subject of new restorations in June 2007.