Pros:
- the location is ideal: close to many subway and bus lines, walking distance from the city center, and a ton of very cool restaurants and organic stores around
- Emilie is extremely reactive. I had a lot of problems during my stay (no internet, a water leak, a few mouse sightings...) and she always answered my messages in less than 24 hours with concrete steps towards a solution
- check-in was straightforward, Emilie sent me very detailed instructions and was flexible when I arrived very late
- the studio is small but functional, clean and bright
Cons:
- the street is very noisy at night as there are several bars downstairs that close pretty late
- the walls are paper thin and the water pipes are very loud
- the internet connection was unreliable and very slow (3Mbps when I arrived), though Emilie said that would be fixed in mid-October 2022
- I could hear mice running inside the walls every night, and saw one several times in the kitchen and bedroom, including one who climbed on my bed as I was asleep. Emilie plugged a few holes in the wall and installed a couple of traps, but she told me that this is a normal occurrence for old buildings in Lyon so they would likely come back.
Unfortunately due to the combination of being unable to sleep (street noise + pipes + mice) and being unable to work (no internet) I had to cut my stay short and find another accommodation.