The apartment was a great value for the money but lacked a few things that hardly cost a thing and would have made the stay a lot nicer. It is a super convenient location and not at all a bad stay for us. But I want to share a few things that others should be aware or ask to have on hand to make their stay more pleasant.
1) we were not given the building code until we found ourselves locked out of the building at 1am.
2) there were no washcloths or bathmat (only 1 towel each so neither of those could be used for bathmat… almost slipped in the water on the floor—not cool.
3) blinds were broken—so either change in tiny bathroom or free show. There were curtains on one window but because it was so hot the whole situation seemed cumbersome.
4) the pictures of the lofted sleeping area didn’t make clear that I would need to crawl on my hands and knees into bed. Ordinarily not a problem but a recent bike accident left me a bit banged up and presented different challenges. I kept thinking that I am grateful I am not truly disabled or I would have been sleeping on the pullout!
5) there was no coffee… well there might have been coffee but the electric kettle was broken and I wasn’t sure if it was instant or how old it was or even if it was meant for us to use. There were no pods for the machine. I’ve stayed in many ABnB and this was the very first that I had to stumble to the grocery with jet lag to obtain coffee for. In fact, in ABnB land coffee seems to be the one guaranteed item 😆
6) the person who checked us in didn’t seem to know anything about the place. Usually a host shows you any of the quirky things but he handed us the keys and wifi and split! After 18hours of travel I didn’t even know what to ask. I also thought it odd that neither he nor Wellkeys (whoever that is) knew about street parking. The check in guy just shrugged. I mean, knowing where parking is and isn’t restricted is something I know about where I live. Seems like reasonable info to be able to provide to someone who doesn’t live or drive in Paris.
Again, it was a good location and value. It felt safe and I can’t say it was CLEAN but it was clean enough to put my head down there. I think the owners could make a few easy cheap refinements and be good to go!