The location is amazing.... BUT
I was left in the pouring rain for hours before I was able to enter the apartment (life happens)… but then Pierre Marie messaged me on Airbnb 3 days later to say that "He lost his phone" which is why he couldn't let me in the apartment when I arrived.. Although, I thought that excuse was absurd I didn't complain because I was already let inside the cottage a few hours later by the neighbor. Not only do we live in 2021 in the world of internet access available everywhere, I booked two and a half weeks ahead of schedule. I think the host had plenty of time to prepare for my arrival.
On my first night, the power went out for hours until the concierge came to fix it. (Thank god!)
A couple nights later, there wasn't any hot water, so I didn't get to take a nice hot shower until the next morning.
It gets quite hot at night and there is no air conditioning or ventilation inside of the cottage. I've stayed in an apartment without air conditioning before, but usually hosts would have a fan for convenience. This Airbnb doesn't have one, so bring your own!
There was a constant smell of urine which was at the head side of the bed that I tolerated until two days before my early departure. It wasn’t until I saw a fat huge hairy spider crawling by my bottle of contact solution where I thought — alright enough is enough.
I kindly asked the host for a refund for only my remaining nights (2 nights) because I told him that I felt uncomfortable and I wanted to leave early. Pierre Marie refused because he said that "I let flies in and left trash inside" I thought that sounded ridiculous. There are tons of flies in this Airbnb because the entrance of the cottage is covered with trees and shrub. It was wet in Paris and the apartment is extremely warm and humid, it’s only natural that every time I open the door a bunch of flies come in along with me. In addition, in the corner of the kitchenette, there is a an insect trap right by the miniature trash can. Seeing the insect trap did not put me at ease and the mini trash can is decor since it can't actually fit any trash in there. I didn't know where the garbage disposal unit was in the building since the host was never in contact with during or at my arrival. So I neatly packed my trash next to the mini trash can. The host blamed me for the flies when he knew that he had pest problem, hence the cockroach booby trap in the kitchen area of the cottage.
I booked Pierre Marie’s Airbnb for ten nights because it was in an awesome location in the 6th arrond, but I unfortunately had to leave early. I ended up booking a different Airbnb very short notice by the Eiffel tower which was 3x more expensive and cost half of what I was paying for ten nights for two days. I would NEVER do that if the times were not desperate.
Not only that, I booked the Eiffel Tower Airbnb super short notice (2 hours before my arrival) and received the exact opposite treatment. The host sent me a thoughtful guide of instructions, informed that he would arrive late, greeted me and showed me around the apartment, and quickly had the apartment cleaned. (Now that’s how you do it!). Im just happy that my vacation in Paris ended on a great note thanks to my last minute decision to book a different airbnb!
I've never been in a situation which I had to write a lengthy or bad Airbnb review before, but since the problems were not addressed and the host was not very nice, I felt I had to share my experience. I'm quite surprised at the positive feedback for this Airbnb. it makes me wonder whether the reviews are fake or I was unlucky.