My husband and I rented this apartment for 42 days and we loved our stay in Lyon. The city is a delight, and the apartment location is ideal, could not be better. Sébastien was an excellent host, very responsive when problems arose, which they did. The apartment itself was a disappointment and did not live up to my expectations based on seeing previous rave reviews. Many of the systems are hard to understand and operate: the internet tv is overly complicated and unreliable, although the projector viewing was good; the cook top and oven are tricky if you are not familiar with those appliances , the washer/dryer was broken when we arrived and we had to take laundry out (Sébastien paid) until it was fixed. It was annoying that we had to put the duvet covers on and make up the beds after a long and tiring trip, and the cleaning service was perfunctory at best. There were two main reasons we would not stay here again: 1. The sofas are terribly uncomfortable and the springs are broken. There is no comfortable place to sit in the apartment. 2. The view is of an interior courtyard behind the restaurant one floor below, garbage cans for the restaurant and the entire building. There is no light, you can’t really even tell how the weather is. The apartment has two tiny balconies, both are filthy and disgusting to look at. On the positive side, the air conditioning works great, which was important during our visit, and many Lyon apartments so not have it. The beds were comfortable and the two bathrooms are nicely appointed with interesting mirrors and good showers. We definitely recommend Lyon as a place to visit, lots of interesting tourist attractions, and a good home base for side trips to other parts of France. The locals were invariably kind and welcoming, all eating places are awesome!