Alessandra is a great and very friendly host, she has a lot of books about Paris to check out, whenever I had an issue she responded within the day, and her apartment is very cute! Lots of natural light and lovely view on the balcony (especially at sunset). It is situated between a lot of Metro stops, safe area, safe building with friendly neighbors, I was happy to stay here. However, it is expensive for what you get. The internet is shared and is spotty at night (it was very hard for me to skype home--poor connection), the fuses are old and blew several times within a 3 month period, and there was a second futon not mentioned in the description that made the room a little tight with the bed out. If you are in Paris for a short stay this is great but for a longer than a few weeks I would look else where.