Our hosts were at home to greet us and showed us our room and let us know we were welcome to use the kitchen and living room as well as our bedroom. We were able to do our laundry. Our hosts also provided an assortment of snacks in our room and inquired whether we had everything we needed. They were very helpful with information about the area, good restaurants, use of the metro, and were interested in our tours of each day, as well as suggesting some sights in Paris that were off the tourist track.