Alex's place was great! We had a one night layover night in Paris, and this was perfect. It was less than 2 blocks to the train station, where we could get a direct metro ride to the airport in the morning. The night we got it, we had good communication and were given direction to go to the restaurant on the corner and someone let us in then showed us around the apartment. We later ate at the restaurant...great meal, and a discount! The downstairs was very cool with great air conditioning. I felt bad for my in-laws who suffered a little in the upstairs apartment, without AC, during the unusual France heatwave, but it was only one night. The area was lively, with so many people out late and tons of eating options! I highly recommend.