Nicolas' place was perfectly located and super convenient. Croix-Rousse is a very nice and quiet area of Lyon, but still well connected thanks to the metro and bus. The AirBnB was a 1-minute walk from the metro which was amazing. The apartment was very clean and had all the necessities for a comfortable stay. What you get is exactly what is in the listing.
Unfortunately my check-in process was a disaster and could have been easily avoided. I initially told Nicolas that I was going to arrive at 9pm (my friend and I took a train from Paris into Lyon). Nicolas mentioned that his friend would be passing the keys off to me because he had some other obligations that night. I messaged him back asking if he could relay to his friend that I should be getting in at 9:30pm instead, but I guess he didn't get my message and never told his friend, Sandrine. I messaged her saying that we would be arriving closer to 21:30 hoping that she would see this.
I then called Sandrine (in French) from the train station saying that we would be arriving in 30 minutes. I'm not a Francophone, so my French isn't perfect. She then texted me back asking where we were because she thought we would be there in 3 minuets (meaning, she saw my message with an arrival time of 21:30 but didn't acknowledge this whatsoever). Please note that we were trying to figure out the bus situation in a new city and it was night time, so the buses weren't that frequent.
I called her back and she then began to CORRECT my French in an incredibly condescending manner which was incredibly rude. Apparently I didn't say the number '30' correctly. What if I didn't speak French at all? Would she still have been able to communicate with me? She then complained about it being late and that we were taking long. She told us to take a cab (!!). I said no. Why should I have to spend EXTRA money because you're tired? It should be on the host or greeter to be accommodating to with AirBnb, not everyone gets in at the ideal time. Having to deal with Sandrine was incredibly frustrating and not a great welcome to Lyon at all. More happened but I really don't have time to explain everything. Thankfully the apartment was nice.