We stayed 2 nights at Stephane's place. It was as advertised. Nice, clean & comfortable. But, nothing beats the location. It was steps from a metro station which made getting around very easy. It's located in a very lively area of Bastille & there's a restaurant right under the apartment where you can order food & have it delivered to your room. Stephane was a good host after some initial misunderstanding about the time of arrival. We were 10 min late as we took Uber instead of metro due to my broken arm. It is very close to major train stations & I highly recommend public transportation vs. taxi/uber as traffic can be very bad during the day. He offered to bring baguette/croissants in the morning and also store our baggage on checkout so we could see a bit more of Paris before taking the train to our next European destination. We are planning on staying here again next summer for a longer stay!