When travelling around countries and doing the tourist thing, location is key, you really want to be as central as possible to everything you wish to see. Melissa's apartment is about as central as you can get, out the very front is a lovely little organic supermarket and only a 1 minute walk up the road and you are spoilt for choice of cafes, restaurants etc. Walk another minute and you are looking straight at Notre Damn Cathedral. This is the reason we chose this apartment, and it didn't disappoint.

Melissa was helpful and sent a lot of information and little bits of local knowledge about the area and Paris which was nice. She also communicated quickly and professionally when I needed to discuss anything or ask a question.

The apartment is small. But this is not unlike other apartments in Paris and to be honest, for us it was only a bed at night, we weren't spending time during the day there.

There were two negatives for us which we felt made our stay in Paris less desirable than we were hoping for. The first is that there was no attachment of the shower head to the wall. When I come home at night I like a hot shower with a continuous flow of water. I had to keep putting down the shower head, lathering up the soap or shampoo, getting cold during the process, before picking up the shower head to wash myself off. Some people may not mind this, but it did bother us. Secondly, the noise in this apartment is incredible. Perhaps it was just unlucky, however we stayed both weekdays and weekend days and they were all very noisy. People talking loudly and playing music up until 1am in the morning, then at around 530am people started going to work and banging bags and feet down the stairs, all of which kept us awake. On the weekend there were parties which went on forever and people coming and going. We tried closing the windows which helped but it was too hot (apartment doesn't have air-con), as soon as we opened them back up the noise poured in. I realise this is out of the owner's and managers control, but for us it ruined our stay in Paris. We were constantly tired and did not get a good nights sleep until we moved to our next accommodation. On the upside, the bed was very comfy, so if the neighbours do manage to keep quiet, I'm sure you'll sleep well.