Lots of positives but there are some things that could have been better.
First the great stuff! The size of the apartment, overall, was very good. The living room was nice sized with plenty of room to stretch out and a nice window to let the cool breeze waft in. The sofa was comfortable-large and the air conditioning in the living room worked well. The kitchen adjoins the living room with a bar area in between. We found the kitchen 'cozy' but very manageable. There was enough room for all of the groceries we purchased during our trip and creating meals at 'home' was easy. We were happy to see a larger than normal Fridge, many European places have very small fridge/freezers. The bar area provided a nice work area for both of our laptops while the kitchen still offered a small modest table to eat and prepare food from. The bedroom size, again, was what I'd consider large for many European stays and offered a set of drawers for our clothing (in addition to a hall closet). There was AC in the bedroom but unfortunately it stopped working on the 2nd day we were there. The bathroom was also nice sized, plenty of room to move around and put your stuff, although the toilet is in a separate room down the hallway, so do your business first then head to the bathroom! The shower had a well functioning rain shower head and the water temp was always very easy to set and it was a nice sized shower area.
Another positive, is that there is a Casino grocery story, 1 block away, at the T1/T2 stop that is very large and prices are good there. It looks small from the outside but is cavernous on the inside! (more on this stop later)
We were also happy to have a drip coffee maker (with wire filter) in the apartment, that made us great coffee every morning.
There were some unpleasant or discouraging parts of our stay and I feel it's important to mention them.
The AC in the bedroom did go out on the second day of our stay but the living room AC worked well except that if you start getting in the 23, 22, 21 degree range, the AC makes a VERY REGULAR, fairly loud, 1-2 second "hum"! When both AC were on, the hum was even more regular. When the bedroom AC went out we tried to compensate and cool the place down a bit more at night so the bedroom would be cooler, but we had to just give up and open the bedroom window because setting the Living Room AC to 21-22 (Celsius) cause it to hum loudly very frequently and made it difficult to sleep. Even though, at the end of our trip, keeping the window open was difficult because of loud scooter noises, sirens, loud boisterous people yelling, etc. We reported the bedroom AC on the 2nd day, someone came out 1.5 days later and proclaimed it working "for now" but had further repair to do 3 days later. (It was not working!) 3 days later, it rained, they cancelled and nothing was ever rescheduled. We felt the property management company did a poor job in keeping us updated and pushing for this to get done. We always had to be the ones to initiate contact with them and finally we just gave up and stopped asking. Ultimately we had to sleep in such a way that the windows were closed so the outside noise stayed out and the living room AC was kept to a minimal temp (23) so it wouldn't continually make that dreaded noise so often.
Another issue is that there was no starter hand soap, shampoo, paper towels and were only two small trash bags for the kitchen, which went fast since we prepared many meals at home. We had to provide trash bags for our 2 week stay. The internet was unusable 100% of the time for any streaming service. DL speeds usually were around 1 mb/sec, occasional bursts of 2mb/sec. Many times it was under 1mb/sec. It was barely usable for regular surfing, although some times it just wasn't usable at all. The internet/router is in the hall closet and the owner uses "power line" adapters to route the internet from the router through the apartment electrical wiring to the living room where another adapter resides. In my 30 years of IT, I've always known these devices to be poor signal quality. They would do much better with a strong router from the hall closet! We had to use our phones many times just to search and research Lyon info. I will also say that in the same closet as the router is the ironing board and when we tried to use the ironing board it got caught up in the large tangle of wires for the router, etc. and they came crashing down on my head. My chin took the brunt of it and bled for a bit! They really need to clean that area up and tidy up the wires so this doesn't happen to anyone else!
The faucet in the bathroom and kitchen sink were very "loose" and appeared to not be bolted down.
Some things on the outside of the apartment now...
The location of the apartment is great and very easy to walk out the front door and cross the bridge toward much of the "tourist" areas, old town, restaurants, etc.; however, if you walk 1 block the opposite way to the T1/T2 stop, it is a very different story. While we did always feel safe with many people in the area the T1/T2 tram stop attracted a great deal of shady looking folks. So much so that during the day there was always a small police presence and after dusk/dark the police presence increased dramatically. Again, walking out the apartment was safe and going to the T1/T2 stop was safe but