Jean-Yves is great at making you feel like a local, especially as he sends you French songs every day to get you in the mood. You definitely feel like you have lived in the city for a long time in his quaint old apartment on the quiet street right next to Sacre Couer. If you want to be amongst it all, this isn't the place for you. But if you want to settle in to Paris at your own pace and feel like a local, this is the spot to do it from