Small bedroom with seperate bathroom on 6th floor of the building. If you are by yourself and don’t need much space and want to be in a nice area, then this might work for you. There is no elevator, so you will have to take quite a few stairs to get up to the 6th (with your luggage) but the description mentions that there is no elevator, so I knew that upfront;)
The building has a building code, this is nice. After entering the building, you enter a tiny ‘courtyard’ with lockbox where you can pick up the keys. This is very handy, that way you can access the keys right after you arrive at the location. Unfortunately the key to the next door (to get inside the building to take the stairs to the 6th floor) was not very easy to use. The lock is a bit difficult to open... you have to know how to lift the door/lock before you will be able to turn the key. I got some tips and fortunately I could open it easily on the first night. The two consecutive days the lock gave me some more trouble, which made me a bit frustrated (when you arrive late at night from the restaurant or from a long day out.. it can be a bit frustrating of you are having trouble with the lock) but after several minutes trying I was succesful 🙂
I have already mentioned this to Marie (the host) and she explained that they are trying to get the Association of the building to change/fix the lock (they are not allowed to do this themselves, it is a main door of the actual building) If this gets fixed soon, then this would be good 👍🏼 cause I can imagine more people who are coming to rent this place might also experience some difficulty with this door.
The pace itself (bedroom and bathroom) is on the 6th floor. The bathroom was nice: shower was nice and the toilet and sink are also in there, all good and like on the pictures. There is shower gel, toilet paper, hand soap present 👌🏼
A small window in the bathroom for some fresh air as well.
The bedroom was tiny and with not so much daylight (tiny window)
I guess I had imagined it a little bit wider but it was doable as I was staying there on my own. There is a 1 person bed and a microwave and a tv, a fan and a tiny tably... all like displayed on the pictures. The bedroom has a small window as well. Not so big and not so much daylight comes in, but when in Paris... you are outside a lot anyway;)
When you are on the stairs and arrive on the 6th floor there are two doors. One door is the door to another place (another studio?) and the other door is the door that leads to a small and long hallway. In this hallway you have a little fridge and the door to the bathroom and the door to the bedroom. Unfortunatley the door to this hallway does not have a lock. The door of the bedroom has a lock and the door of the bathroom has a lock. But when you have to go to the toilet at night you walk through this hallway to get to the bathroom or when you have showered, you walk through this hallway to the bedroom.
The hallway did not have a lock and I would have preferred it to be with lock, cause otherwise anyone who has access to the building could take the stairs to the 6th floor and can enter the hallway. So that would be my tip to the host to make the place feel more private and secure.
There are glasses, plates, bowls, forks, knives and some books available for you to use and there are clean towels, shower gel and hand soap, toilet paper etc present in this place, so that was nice.
I think for solo budget travelers who dont mind taking the steps to the 6th floor and who are just looking for a compact place to stay for a fair price, this is an ok option. Area is ok and metro station is on close walking distance. Marie is also a good host.
One tip for when you are staying at this place: bring your slippers/ flip flops. The tiles on the old floor did not look and feel really clean and at some places a bit sticky and sometimes dusty. There are quite a few small old rugs on the floor, laid over part of the tiles, but I would recommend to bring some flip flops to walk in the hallway, bedroom and bathroom.
Again, for solo budget travelers this is an ok place to stay for a few days
And Marie is a friendly host and she makes sure she is available when you have questions. Swift responses on my messages! Also, I wanted to check out at 11.30am instead of 11am and this was OK 🙂
Marie makes sure that she sends you information upfront, clear directions to the location and how to get to the keys. Communicative and friendly 👍🏼