Francine and her husband Emmanuel were excellent hosts during our month long stay. Francine was unavailable the night we arrived, so Emmanuel greeted us (with a welcome gift) & showed us how the apartment worked, plus gave us a quick tour of the nearby shops (cafe, supermarket, etc). Francine made a point of also coming by at a convenient time for us and gave us the benefit of her detailed knowledge of the neighborhood & beyond.
The apartment is in a lovely old characterful building, and had all the amenities advertised. Since we were there for a long stay we appreciated the copious storage space so that we could fully unpack. The TV only had a few English language channels, but since the wifi speed was excellent we had no problems streaming to a laptop. One caveat on the wifi, it did seem to have some interaction issues with skype so that calls would stall ... but that might have just been us. Anyway, we just switched to mobile data for skype calls & used the wifi for everything else, including VPN & remote work. Overall, excellent connectivity.
We did cook, so having a fully functional kitchen worked out great. I also particularly liked the modern (tankless?) water heater which made for instantly hot showers.
We loved the neighborhood. There were metro and bus stops nearby which meant it was easy to get to all the tourist attractions, but the apartment is not in a touristy area. This meant that you got to avail of all the same amenities as the local French people. The bakery 10 meters from the building has lovely bread, cakes, sandwiches, etc, but there are many others available a short distance away. They seem to stagger which days each closes, so every day you can always buy a fresh baguette within a few hundred yards.
Being in a non-touristy area also has the advantage that the people are not tired of tourists. 99% of the people we had interactions with were lovely, and the other 1% were ok. No bad experiences. That said, we tried *very* hard to speak as much French as possible, and this is possibly even more necessary in a non-touristy area than a touristy one. (BTW, Emmanuel speaks good English, and Francine's is excellent.)
If we get the opportunity to return to Paris, we would be delighted if we could stay at Francine's apartment again.