Our arrival to Line's apartment was a little bit rocky at first as we had agreed to have the handover take place at 3 on our arrival day. We could not get in touch with Line for three hours and were left outside of her apartment with nowhere to go and with several of our bags and our 11 month of daughter not particularly dressed to be out in the 3 degree weather. This also cut into our planned vacation time to see some of the sites of the city on our day of arrival. Further, as we were visiting for the Fete de Lumiere, none of the hotels in the immediate area had any vacancy had there been some sort of an emergency, so it made the arrival a bit stressful. I would suggest that for future guests, the handover process be improved, as it was not a pleasant experience for us.

To Line's credit as a host, she did try to make everything subsequent to that a more positive experience. She was very flexible with our check out time, and offered to cover certain toiletries from the shop downstairs.

As for her apartment, it was in a perfect location being about a 10 minute walk into the heart of Vieux Lyon. The space was more than large enough for me, my wife and infant daughter. Take her advice as she listed regarding the stairs though. It is quite an incredible climb (and with a view to match); but if you are staying with a large family, plan to have substantial amounts of baggage or have the slightest trouble getting around, the stairs can be a challenge. We found it to be totally worth it though, as we had a tremendous view of the city. The washer/dryer was not functional at the time we stayed there, nor was it fixed during our 3 day stay (which was fine for us as we did not pack intending to use it). Everything in the apartment was in good working order and the bed was more than comfortable. My wife found that the apartment was not as clean as we have found with other Air B&B listings (dirty glasses/dishes out, hair on the floor in the bathroom), but it was nothing that we couldn't take care of with some of the supplies that were in the apartment. All in all, we had a fairly good experience at Line's place, with the one major negative being the handover process. If this is improved, I would have very little problem with staying here again.