My partner and I stayed at Stephan and Marina’s place for 5 nights during mid-November for our first visit to Paris. Instructions on how to access the apartment were easy to follow. First impression: small, but fit its purpose. The building itself was humid/damp because there was no ventilation. The apartment was a bit better - fortunately, the windows had been left open for us to air out the room. The apartment itself is located on the first floor, with a thin set of steps to access it. We had 2 standard size suitcases and were able to carry each one up individually, but if you’re not very strong then this might be an issue. Given this time of year is cooler, the damp apartment air was ok, but I’m not too sure how comfortable it would be in summer considering there is no aircon/ventilation in the building.
As mentioned in previous reviews, the bathroom ceiling is lower than normal (wasn’t an issue for us, but if you’re 180cm+ then you’d probably struggle). The shower doesn’t have a door, so you have to be careful whilst showering not to get water on the entire bathroom floor. There was also some electrical work under the heater on the wall in the bathroom that didn’t have a cover over it. The wires weren’t directly exposed, but the electrical insulator was, which made us a bit uncomfortable considering how easy it was to get water from the shower on them. The towels felt thin and old, and we were only provided one hand towel and two towels despite our stay being almost 1 week (was very hard to keep them dry because of how damp the apartment was).
The location was great considering the price. There were plenty of restaurants around, and the streets were lively both day and night. We felt safe walking back home once it was dark as there were so many people/restaurants around. If you’re quite fit, it’s easy to walk to the Louvre (15-20min walk) and surrounding iconic monuments. Lots of train stations around as well! The apartment is burrowed within a bunch of apartment buildings, so you can’t hear any noise from the streets. Only noise complaint would be other tenants in the apartment upstairs - for us, they were extremely noisy walking up/down the stairs and stomping around late at night.
Overall, the apartment was still good; clean, simple, comfortable bed and had enough room to lay 2 suitcases out. Only minor inconveniences that could’ve made our stay that tiny bit more pleasant.