We had a wonderful one week stay in this apartment! Great location near a small park, 5 min walk to the Arts et Métiers Métro station with the 3 and 11 lines and 7 min walk to the République Métro station with the 3, 5, 8, 9, and 11 lines. Close to many bakeries and a good sized Monoprix grocery store. Many other smaller grocery stores and lots of cafés and restaurants. The neighborhood is relaxed and fun to walk in.
The apartment is on the 2nd floor and there is a small elevator which was great for bringing up our suitcases. Otherwise, we took the short flight of stairs down to the entry level to exit the building. The building is traditional and built around a courtyard. We were able to open the windows in the bedrooms and get a nice breeze across to the living room windows. Even with the heat wave in Paris, it was manageable with the windows open and the fans provided for each room. It was 95F/35C for much of our visit. We closed the windows and curtains when we were out and it helped keep the apartment cooler. The apartment did not get direct sunlight in the week we were there so it never got extremely hot. There is good light from the windows into the courtyards.
We used the three bedrooms with the full beds and the sleeper sofa as we were a party of 5. The bed linens were nice. The two bathrooms with showers were very help for the 5 of us. Plentiful towels and toilet paper. The kitchen has a full sized refrigerator, dish washer, stove and oven, and a combo clothes washing machine and dryer. They provided dish soap, a sponge, dish washer powder, clothes washer tablets, and many other cleaning products. They also had salt and pepper and kindly left a bottle of wine.
There was a very helpful laminated paper with information about the WiFi, functionalities of the various appliances, local restaurants, emergency services etc. The WiFi was strong. We needed to slam the door of the clothes washer very hard to get it to "lock" and show a locked symbol and then start. Closing the door normally didn't allow it to start.
Élise & Sébastien also recommended the G7 taxi company which has a phone number where you can request taxis in French and another phone number where you can request taxis in English. We had good luck using the G7 taxi request app which was extremely helpful during our trip.
The apartment was clean and really easy to navigate. It was very helpful to have check in with Dévy who showed us how the door codes and keys worked and how to use the appliances in the apartment. I would highly recommend this apartment. Élise & Sébastien were very accommodating and invited us to check in half and hour early based on when our flight came in. Good value for travel in August when rentals and hotels are very expensive. Merci beaucoup Élise & Sébastien!