"Low and slow is the way to go if you don't want the apartment to overflow"
This phrase was coined midway through our stay at Cedric's apartment. Below is what transpired:
Every morning I'd walk with my daughter to Paul's to get takeaway for the family to eat at the house. Midway through the week my wife is eating a Paul's croissant at the breakfast table with the kids when all of the sudden she sees water flowing behind her chair. It's moving rather quickly and my eyes follow it up to the bedroom beyond. All of the sudden I realize the river is coming from the shower. The shower is overflowing. So much so that a river quickly ensued, moving through her bedroom into the kitchen and ponding at the baseboards beyond.
Other reviewers have commented on the doors not closing and drainage issues in the showers. The reason for this is twofold. One issue is that the flow on the shower drain is unusually slow (due to slope issues or clogging down the line). The second more significant issue is this:
The apartment is not level. It has a slope.
When the shower overflows instead of the water standing in the bathroom it proceeds downhill towards the lowest point of the apartment - that being 15 meters away in the kitchen (you can see the baseboards molding/warping here). Unfortunately, this is an issue that will be difficult if not impossible to fix unless the entire apartment is redone.
In addition to keeping the water flow low there were several essentials that were not in the apartment when we arrived. Hand soap, dish soap, trash bags, dishwashing detergent, and paper towels to name a few. There were also many kitchen supplies that weren't available - wine key, oven mits, and kitchen towels. We also were only given one bath towel for our entire stay - which was six nights. I wrote to Cedric about these items and he responded by saying these would be dropped off the following day. This happened twice and we never received the items. In addition, the dishwasher doesn't close unless it is leveraged with a mop.
On the positives the location proved ideal as it was close to everything we were hoping to see. The apartment was spacious, clean, and the air conditioning worked well. We were also impressed with the lighting throughout.
It's a beautiful apartment in an ideal location that is lovely and comfortable. However, I'd only recommend it to someone who isn't going to use it for cooking, showering, and doing laundry.