The good: The place is in the La Marais portion of Paris and is surrounded by Paris life. There are lots of cafes, boulangeries, and many people out and about living the Paris lifestyle. There are lots of markets to get food for the unit or any other essentials and places to get grab and go sandwiches and it is near multiple Metro stops. It is about a mile from Norte Dame and the Bastille. It was hot and we asked for more fans and they were immediately brought over. The building is typical Parisian with a courtyard.
The not so good: The unit doesn’t really look like it does in the pictures. And the building is under construction which we were not told which is funny because you get this long list of instructions and warned about noise issues caused by the user. The unit is old and not updated at all. The refrigerator was okay but the freezer was literally a block of ice. The bathroom is split with a toilet and sink in one area and a shower and sink in the other. The toilet area smelled of urine (we reached out to the landlord and sent someone to clean again but it still smelled). The shower was like stepping on ice and had black mold along the bottom (again, we reached out to the landlord and they said there was nothing they could do about it). The beds were marginal. Also, not all the windows open and you cannot keep the front windows open at night because there is a bar on the ground floor. Oh, and a mouse ran across the floor. We emailed the landlord and never heard back. Lastly, the key is in a mailbox just filled with a persons mail which was odd.