A typical AirBnB apartment in Paris with some advantages and drawbacks that come with it. Due to work in our primary residence we have stayed for 5 weeks, as always a short stay is preferable and will probably be more enjoyable.
1. Location : the apartment is located close to the main Avenue Champs-Élysées, however in a small building in the inner courtyard. It is on the 4th floor with no elevator and the staircase is very small. You will have difficulty with larger luggage and if you have a child stroller.
2. Equipment: we appreciated that washing machine can also dry the clothes, it was important when taking care of children’s’ clothes. All the other equipment is fairly standard with nothing fancy. Note that as many Parisian apartments there is no bathtub and the shower cabin is very small, barely suitable for one person. The sink is equally small.
Another matter is the ‘animal friendliness’ of the apartment - due to poor quality of the sofa it is impossible for the cat not to leave traces on it (since the animal needs to grip when jumping up and down). Our cat doesn’t scratch the furniture and we made sure to buy a scratcher. Afterwards after leaving the animal in our proper apartment for a week we - as before - noticed no damage to our own furniture due to quality of the lining. Careful if you have a dog/cat and not a hamster :-)
3. Neighbours - VERY important if you have small / active children. We had unfortunate encounters with a young couple living just below us (they argue all the time) that demanded us to somehow make our children of 3,5 years and 20 months not to run on the floor. If you have small children this can become a problem, but probably less so if you only stay for a few days.
The couple managing the apartment was very reactive when it come to fixing the blocked sink, always a good sign in case you run into any troubles during your stay.
In the end the apartment served its function as a place to stay and sleep during the renovation. Just be mindful if you have animals and/or small children.