My mom and I enjoyed a stay here in June 2015. The location is great, within easy walking distance to the Sacre Coeur and several metro stations and at least three great boulangeries (you can even walk here from Gare du Nord in 20 - 25 minutes). Our favorite was Le Grenier a Pain of which there are two locations near the apt. - their chocolate almond croissant rocks! It is a hilly area, so if you have trouble walking this may not be for you, but there is a bus that we saw drive by the building that we didn't try as we walked it all.

The apt itself is spacious and nicely set up. It is clean, but previous guests did a poor job of cleaning up after themselves in the kitchen where we found a dirty pot and such - I don't expect Helena who cleans the place to wash every pot and plate after every check out, that is the responsibility of those who use them. The internet works well enough to use skype to call home and watch movies on netflix, although like anywhere there are times when it runs slowly, and you need to use it in the living room as it works poorly in the bedroom. The bed in the room was comfortable (I think it was a U.S. full size), but the one in the living room that doubles as a couch was very hard and ended up giving my mom back pain. Ishwari had Helena temporarily add a single size mattress pad which helped soften it up, but it could use a memory foam topper or something like that to make it permanently better.

Overall, it was definitely a good experience, but what makes it worthy of 5 stars for me is that I mistakenly booked for the 16th - 25th as I am used to getting places on the day I fly out because I avoid overnight flights, but this time departing on the 16th meant arriving on the 17th. I realized my mistake on the 15th in NYC, and immediately contacted Ishwari. She responded quickly and told Helena to come on the 17th to let us in, plus she reimbursed me for the extra night that I had mistakenly booked - I am not sure how many other airbnbers would do that much less a hotel, so if you want to stay in a spacious place in Monmarte with a flexible host, this is a lovely place to stay.

And thank you to Helena for waiting for over an hour for us as our plane took off late and our taxi dropped us off at Rue Lepic at the bottom of the hill rather than at the door so he could pick up another fare - if you don't go up the hill you aren't there yet, so demand that they take you to the door, so you don't have to lug your luggage uphill as we did!