We stayed at Laurent’s for 7 nights and generally the experience was okay. The location was what we wanted and it was nice to watch Netflix after long walks around Paris. The bathroom was also fairly good compared to the Parisian average.
There were a number of disappointments though. First of all, we moved into a rather dirty apartment: the first thing I did was vacuum cleaning the floor as black hair was just all over it. Even though there was some free space left for guests, most of the furniture was packed with the owner’s clothes, which would have even been fine, but it was so messy that it indeed made a bad impression. Overall the place doesn’t feel neat or tidy, we found someone’s chewing gum on the radiator in the bedroom, dust in the corners, some spider nets here and there and so on. I mean, we paid 942,5 eur for 7 nights and it would have been nice if the apartment was taken a tad better care of. Also, it has already been mentioned a few times, but the trash pickup truck that comes at 6am every morning is really very loud: be ready to wake up and wait until it finally leaves. And good to note that the some furniture has been changed/removed since the pictures were taken (it looks better on the pictures than in reality, in my opinion). Ah, and the bed is somewhat not straight so I felt like I was sliding towards its center which made it uncomfortable to sleep.
So overall we didn’t feel it was worth it, but it was okay since we spent the whole day out anyway. The communication with Laurent was good and fast, we got an iron when we needed it. Also, he totally didn’t mind that we stayed with our puppy, which is a rare find in Paris. I just wish that a bit more care can be given to this apartment and it will then be much more worth it. It was important to not encounter the above mentioned disappointing factors from the beginning, so we felt like it was useless to complain during our stay, but I hope it will help change things in the future as the potential this apartment has is quite good.