We loved living in the 17ème and liked the apartment. The building was safe and both the check-in and check out were easy. Sylvie is a nice person, as we got the chance to meet her briefly during our stay. Kitchen has some quality cookware and washer/drier was convenient.
It’s a good choice if you’re not staying long and need a place to crash, and don’t mind living out of your suitcase. We were a family of four, my partner and myself, our daughter and her grandfather, and we were in Paris on vacation. In our experience, we couldn’t feel comfortable nor welcome as the host hadn’t prepared sufficient areas for us to settle in and because the home was cluttered. Most closets were locked up and drawers were full to the brim with her belongings. There were a few available hangers and a small rattan chest of drawers (the kind that catches on fabric so we didn’t use it) but hardly sufficient for four people.
There had been changes made to the apartment that weren’t reflected in the pictures, which caused some discomfort since we had chosen this place for the possibility of having three different sleeping areas. Pictures didn’t show that one of the rooms is simply divided by a curtain, etc. Basically, nothing you want to find out when you get to your airbnb tired from a flight.
This is the kind of situation that’s fine when one is house sitting for a friend, but in my experience, not to the standards of hosting on airbnb. We believe that if the host cleared her space to accommodate guests, was more transparent in her description of her space and what to expect and updated her photography, we could recommend it to other families like ours.