Writing down the negatives and positives on the apartment :
1. There are NO locks in the apartment. Not on the main door, not in the bedroom or toilets. The only lock is 3 floors down at the main entrance of the building. There isn’t even a safe in the house where one can keep their valuables and passports etc. This is nowhere mentioned in the listing. Felt very unsafe leaving our stuff just laying outside. When checked with Florence she said we trust each other and that’s why we don’t have locks in the house. I am sorry, but this was unacceptable. I have paid for the house and the apartment should come with a lock. A guest should not be expected to leave their belonging and passports behind them in an unlocked apartment. Also, please
Mention this clearly in the listing that the apartment has NO locks.
2. No WiFi or very little WiFi coverage across the apartment except one corner in the living room. That too REALLY weak. it’s really inconvenient. When checked with Florence during the time of check in she was unable to help and said she can’t do anything about it. This should be clearly mentioned in the listing too. I had to buy extra data on my phone to be able to use Internet for work emails.
3. The apartment is on the 3rd floor with really high and steep staircase and no elevator. I know you can’t do much about that, but this should be mentioned in the listing on Airbnb too.
Positives:
Pierre and Florence, have a beautiful apartment and we were happy with the overall cleanliness of it, it looked exactly like the pics and they were mostly prompt with their replies. The apartment is in a very quiet part of the street.