If the price is low and you are on a tight budget, maybe a student, it is appropriate. For someone with higher expectations there are other options out there. I go to Paris every year. The building is like low-income housing, the elevator got stuck and luckily recalled back to bottom floor (never used it again). The area is noisy and lacks charm. The apartment is not as clean or cute as the photographs. There is a tiny step between bedroom and kitchen area that has a raw plywood edge, on which I sliced open my bare foot the first day.