All our dealings with our our host were great. She responded promptly to all emails and texts. And she was gracious about last minute changes to our flight schedule and arrival time. Her apartment is quaint, cozy, clean and stocked with cooking essentials. She had lots of tourist information in a convenient folder for us. We were given a complete tour of the apartment plus printed directions on how to use the wifi, etc. The apt. is 2 blocks from the Metro and a great supermarket. You can get cheap, delicious pastry at that supermarket, the Monoprix, on your walk to the metro. The pizza cafe across the street is owned by a really nice guy and the food is very good. Some details future guests should be aware of...the bed is a fold out couch. It has a decent mattress for a fold out, but it is not super comfortable. (I have pain issues so I travel with a small, inflatable Coleman air mattress and battery pump.) There was the sound of drilling in the building in the mornings, but this was probably temporary construction sounds. There is also the smell of stale cigarette smoke in the apartment when you come home until you air it out a little. This doesn't come from the apartment itself, but from a neighbor's apt. We didn't mind it, but someone who is SUPER sensitive to smoke might find it a problem. There is no microwave and no TV. The wifi is good enough that you can watch shows on your laptop. There is a dryer, but it is not very efficient, so you will end up drying your clothes on a rack, as is typical all over Europe. The neighborhood seemed safe even late at night. We did get pickpocketed twice on our stay in Paris (not in that neighborhood) so keep your guard up.