We'd arrived from an 1100 euro a night hotel in St. Tropez & Emmanuel's apt surpassed it in every way, except there wasn't a pool. of course, but a fabulous view of the Saone and old Lyon. His apt is spotless, very well decorated and had everything we needed. He helped my wife with our luggage both on arrival and departure as I dealt with the car (the lot was only a hundred yards or so away, perfect.) We didn't need to communicate with him during our stay but his apt is right across the hall so wouldn't have been a problem! No need to close the shutters to block out the great view as nobody can see in as nearest apts are across the river. There was plenty of shopping near the apt and Lyon is small enough that you can pretty much walk everywhere you'd want to go from the apt. My only gripe - around 6 PM some other resident of the building would come home from work and the elevator would stink for a while.

When you're in Emmanuel's apt, it's not like you're renting some impersonal place but it's so well decorated that it's as if a close friend had loaned you his treasured apt where he actually lived. My wife and I would return in a heartbeat.