When we return to Paris we hope to stay again at Jean-François' Montorgueil apartment as it ticked all the boxes for us. Jean-François was a great host from our initial booking, during our stay and through to checkout; checkin and out process was very easy to follow the clear instructions. The info folder provided useful and easy to understand details on the electrical appliances and recommendations for local shops, cafes etc. The apartment is in a great location: it is in a residential apartment square, behind a large wooden door so it is private and there is no street noise. Yet just on the pedestrian street is an array of various cafes, restaurants, supermarket (open to 9pm), fruit/vegetable, cheese, wine stores etc; everything you need you can buy (the fruit/vege and cheese speciality shops seem to be closed Sunday-Monday). Take a shopping bag for the supermarket or buy one there. We bought a weekly transport ticket and mainly used two of the metro stations close by: Sentier is virtually at the front door and the other we used was a short walk to Reaumur-Sebastopol. At these stations we could easily travel and transfer to other stations as needed. We found it easy (not always quicker) to walk to some of the sites such as The Louvre, Notre Dame and Pompidou. The weather was quite warm (32C+) however the apartment was cooler with the windows open and the fan being enough to beat the heat and be comfortable. As the apartment is up two flights of stairs it may not be suitable for some. There was a good supply of necessities such as washing liquid, washing powder, toilet paper, hand soap, paper towel, and garbage bin liners which were appreciated.