We had an interesting experience at Bruno’s apartment. The bottom line is, would we stay here again? The answer would be most likely not.
Pros:
Location—the subway is just 2 minutes walk away. Wonderful restaurants & boulangeries nearby.
Very efficient use of space.
Cons:
Location: it is located on the ground level. It can get kinda dark and even dank on some rainy days. Also, you cannot rely on your iPhone signals. You will get zero bars. So you will be completely reliant on the wifi.
Wifi: There was a problem with the wifi. We could not log on for our first evening there. We had work to do. We had to get a SIM card for our phone. We texted Bruno but no reply. As we waited for his call at the apartment, we realized that a cell phone connection was non existent. So we had to keep walking outside for a cell phone connection and wait for his call. We gave up and went to sleep. There next morning, when we stepped outside to get connection, we saw that Bruno texted us a few hours after my initial text about the problem and apologized that he was asleep.
Needless to say, this was a very frustrating experience. We seriously considered leaving the apartment and checking into a hotel— one that would not have cost all that much more.
Sink water leakage: Our sink started to leak the following morning. We had to use the kitchen sink. Luckily for this issue, Bruno came by and took care of it.
Water temperature: The water would go from cool to scalding hot just by a simple move of the handle.
Ground floor location: We could hear people just outside our door—coming and going, door buzzing. We would also see the lights turning on and off at all times of the night.