This review will echo many of the others. We stayed for 8 nights and had one of the best vacations of our lives in Paris. The apartment itself is lovely with a nice new kitchen & bath (with a real shower). The stairwell of the building has a lot of "charm" but it is just one flight up. The location is wonderful, with a stretch of cafe's, coffee shops, markets, and the Metro all just around the corner. It's also a good location for walking to attractions--walking to the Louvre was a typical morning starting point for us--but we are walkers and logged an average of 6-8 miles a day. The only downside is the street noise. At night it was not uncommon to have people talking loudly or even singing in the little park across the street, and in the mornings the grabage collection or delivery trucks could be loud. The bedroom is in the back of the apartment, so it is shielded from the noise to a great extent. But it was in the 80's for much of our stay and with the windows open it was possible to hear louder noises in the bedroom. Quick mentions: the bed was comfortable, having a washer and dryer was a vacation gamechanger, Claude the owner was very responsive and dropped off a fan for us when we requested one.