*The good*
Decent location, this is on a quiet street just a couple blocks from a main street leading down to the metro that is full of wonderful cafes and food shops and absolutely bustling with market shoppers and folks enjoying the cafe culture in the evenings and mornings alike. Usually it’s only foot traffic and the majority are locals, so really a great place to soak in some Parisian culture.
The flat was also very clean, and well laid out with full kitchen appliances, except for a microwave.
*The bad*
A bit far if you’re concerned about proximity to the main Paris hot spots. The 12 min walk to the Louvre was nice, but it was at least a 20-35min walk from the rest of the main attractions. Public transit wasn’t much faster since you usually had to walk at least 10min to catch the metro or bus.
The communication with the host was very poor. It’s run by a rental agency so you’re dealing with a variety of people. You have to make an appointment on a 3rd party site for checkin, and it was very stressful running even 10min late from the airport from our checkin appointment time- with them saying they had other places to be. Then at check out they were there early, and kept threatening to charge us (knocking on the door frequently) when we went slightly over time (checkout was at 10, we let them in at 10:07 due to the harassment, and were fully out on the street by 10:12.)
There was also less than 1 roll of toilet paper which we discovered in the worst possible way, and they never responded to the message asking if there were any other rolls in the apartment until they were harassing us to gtfo at checkout (hint, there were not more rolls in the apartment, and we had to use the shower until we were able to find a place that sold toilet paper.)
Overall a pretty negative experience, but giving it 3 stars due to cleanliness, nice layout, and proximity to the market street and the Louvre.