I’m going to try to be as objective as possible. In short: The apartment is great, but wasn’t clean, and the host openly lied to me about cancellation policy and caused me a lot of trouble.
Be careful when agreeing on things with the host! It may mean nothing to him and he just wants to keep the money.
What happened with the host:
In January, the host team (the host and consierge service) explicitly wrote me in Airbnb chat that I can cancel my booking for free until April 10th. It was documented there. In early February, my university schedule changed and I had to cancel my 1-month stay in Paris. However, when I came to Roland requesting the cancellation, he told me that he can only return 140 EUR cleaning fee out of 1700 EUR that I have already paid. The chat messages where Roland said “free cancellation until April 10th” were ignored by Roland and he refused to return money even when Airbnb support got involved. I’m sure if he let me cancel, there would be many guests who would want to book instead and there was a lot of time until April left. So I’m not sure what was the reason for such behavior.
I managed to arrange with my university, so that I could still come. But it was a VERY unpleasant beginning.
Consierge service that manages this apartment is very nice and helpful.
Apartment:
1) Spacious apartment (same as the pictures) in a very safe building. Apartment had everything I needed for a month. Wifi was available. It was silent, no noise at nights. The bed is not very comfortable, but I got used to it. Spacious bathroom! Functional kitchen.
2) Loved the view, just speechless! You see the whole Paris and the sunsets are breathtaking!
3) Fantastic location! Well connected with all parts of Paris. I loved Bastille and all the shops and multiple restaurants around. Bastille produce market is 5 mins away!
BUT:
The apartment floor was very dirty when I arrived (hair everywhere, pieces of glass, dust). There were a lot of bedsheets provided, but I struggled to find a clean set there. It was very unpleasant also full of someone’s hair and stains. I communicated it to the host, they tried to send cleaning service, but the service was not available, so I got my cleaning fee back and had to clean the apartment myself.
Overall, despite all those things, I enjoyed my stay in the apartment and the location a lot! Just had to get over the issues with the host and take care of the cleanliness.