I often stay in the La Marais area when I visit Paris due to the boutiques and funky little bars and restaurants and it's fairly well connected. Philippe was communicative when I made the booking and checking in was super easy as we didn't have to meet anyone. The apartment itself is fine. It is small and old like most in the neighborhood, so was expected and the listing didn't mislead. Despite a good start though, we were quite disappointed with the place. We came in late, and the light switch next to the door didn't work. I tripped over a big bag of dirty towels and linens that was sitting next to the front door and remained there during our whole stay. Only one of the two lamps in the main room worked, and the lighting was very poor throughout. The bathroom was so poorly lit that my girlfriend got ready in the kitchen each morning. There were no instructions, so we didn't know how to use the safe or the wifi, or the other stuff you find on the info sheet in literally every AirB&B. We both got one bath towel and one pillow, which wasn't great. And for some reason the tiny bedroom had a full-sized baby crib taking up all of the remaining floor space. The apartment didn't have an Air Conditioner, which we knew going in (and is typical for that area) but it was really hot and we didn't have a fan either so we had to leave the windows open just for it to be tolerable, but the windows in the front open on to two bars (loud) and the windows in the back are doors that open into a shared court yard (safe?). Also since there was no fan, AC, TV or radio, you pretty much have to listen to the bar noise until they close at night. And while its definitely not required, it would have been nice to find something in the kitchen like coffee. All-in-all its not the worst place I've stayed, but its definitely over priced for the quality of the space and services provided.