Franck's apartment was in an ideal location for exploring Paris and made it easy for us to access the metro and the popular attractions. The apartment had good security and we felt safe in the apartment and surrounding neighbourhood. Unfortunately that's really the only positive thing we can say. We were asked to be quiet for the neighbours at all times, and we respected that house rule, but there seemed to be electrical work taking place everyday while we were there, which was very noisy. The apartment was very dirty with dust and dirt on the floor and on most surfaces, there was significant mould in the shower recess and everything felt grimy. We didn't cook while we were there because the kitchen didn't feel clean. Even though we had booked for four people there were only three mugs in the cupboard so we couldn't even all have a hot drink at the same time.
We had a major issue with the shower leaking water to the apartment below, and we were then told by the neighbour that this was not the first time this had happened with Franck's bathroom. Franck came and "fixed" the shower leak, and then we were told we couldn't use the shower again until the following day. Had we known of the potential problem we would never have made the booking, and we wouldn't recommend this booking to others.
The apartment did not live up to expectations. It is much darker than it appears in the photos and although it is advertised as being suitable for 4 adults, space wise it is really only adequate for 2 adults. Likewise the kitchen is not adequately equiped for four people and would be difficult to cook in on account of its size.
We did not feel welcome by the host, who spoke rudely to me after I had contacted airbnb about the shower issue. He told us we were to take short showers(which we had been doing anyway) and to not get water on the shower recess walls for future showers which is an unrealistic expectation.
All in all, our accomodation was the low point of our stay in this beautiful city. We were very disappointed, particularly because this was our first visit to Paris with our daughters and it spoiled what should have been a wonderful stay.
*The kitchen clock fell off the wall but we went out and bought a brand new glass clock to replace it.