Even though we read plenty of good reviews of the place, unfortunately our stay was not a smooth one.. We booked the place a few months before the trip. As a routine, I started contacting the host about 10 days before the trip for more details on check-in process. But this time there was no response (either airbnb messages or text messages). No response for a whole week. With 3 days left, we were a little freaked out because we have a large group (6 adults with 4 elderly) arriving in the evening. It would be a nightmare if we had to wander the street for a hotel to stay. We had airbnb customer support contact the host. When they couldn't reach the host either, they canceled the reservation and offered a few alternatives. At that point, everything is either twice as expensive or very far away from the city.. Miraculously, two days before the trip, Fabien responded to our message. He apologized for not responding earlier and offered the place to us again. In the end we were able to still stay at this place, although it was a stressful few days.. Fabien's place is conveniently located near the train station and metro line, and there is a supermarket right around the corner. The place is clean, and has a small terrace, which is quite nice. We had a few of problems during the stay. First, hot water stopped working. The problem turns out to be a little electric switch keeps jumping. One just needs to find the switch (in the baby's room) and switch it back to on. After doing so it takes a couple of hours for the water to heat up. Second, the gas stove stopped working. It was due to the gas tank going empty. It worked fine after someone replaced it. Both problems are understandable, although they happened at the most inconvenient times (in the middle of shower/cooking). The real issue is that the turnaround time for a response is too long. The host lives in a different country, and hires someone else to manage the apartment, who has a rather busy job and can't always answer the phone (both times we had to try many times to reach her, usually after a hour or so). For non-French speakers, the person managing the apartment can sound really rude.. some are probably due to language barrier but some are just rude (eg, she hanged up on me twice..). My wife was a also little offended after speaking with her a few times. She is often too busy to come herself so she would send her sons to fix the problems (eg, replacing the gas tank). Finally, we lost a speaker while in there. It's not worth much, so I left it on the couch because I don't think anyone would take it. But after spending the day in Paris it's gone.. don't have any evidence or anything so we let it go. In the end...