Location, cleanness, and safety are the most important elements when I was looking for apartment in Paris, this apartment is well–located and easily access to metro stations. There are many restaurants, bakeries, supermarkets nearby, Boulevard Haussman grands magasins are only 15 minutes by walk. There is a small lift in the building, so no trouble of moving the luggage. The apartment is quite large which is wonderful for people have big family like me. Huge windows at each room and it’s not too hot in summer (there is a fan in the room), however the rooms facing the big street are quiet noisy when the windows are open. There is one bed in the bedroom and two soft beds in the living room and kitchen, the sofa beds are very comfortable. Every morning we can hear the noises of footsteps from the neighbour upstairs, but it was a good morning call for us. The apartment is nicely decorated, however need to be careful if you have small kids because they are also easily broken by curious kids like mine (sorry again).
However there are some downsides of this apartment:
- For me the lightings are too dark in the apartment especially in the kitchen area. Some light bolts are not working and needed to be replaced.
- The toilet seat is broken and the seat cover is taped to the wall. We had no problem when using the toilet however I found there is a brand new toilet seat in the cabinet, the owner should replace the toilet seat since they already bought a new one. There were only two or three rolls of toilet paper but there were 6 of us and we were staying in Paris for a few nights. We had to buy our own papers.
- Shower door cannot be closed smoothly, towel rack was broken. As mentioned in the description there are no shampoo/shower gel so we brought our own.
- Frying pan is too old and the surface is burnt, we could only use pot to cook everything.
- There is no laundry dry rack, we have to hang our clothes to dry everywhere in the apartment. We also brought our own detergent.
- There are some small sharp objects (I think nails) in the kitchen floor area, need to be careful when walking with bare feet.
We had a wonderful time in Paris, hopefully the owner/apartment manager will improve those small things for future guests.