Maude was a great host! While we never met her in person, we received excellent communication from her leading up to our trip. She also very thoughtfully left us a bottle of wine to enjoy during our stay, along with a detailed information packet containing travel tips, addresses for local cafes and restaurants, etc., which was greatly appreciated. She was very flexible about our check in and check out times, helping to make our trip as stress-free as possible.
Her place was clean and exactly as it looks in the pictures. The balcony was our favourite part! It's very close to the metro allowing easy access to all of the city's attractions, and to the local busses (great for those who don't want to try to navigate the stairs of the metro with heavy luggage when arriving or departing!) We were only here for a few days, so we didn't have the chance to spend much time in the local neighbourhood, but from what we experienced it was nice and we felt safe.
Just a quick note from our experience that might help others: to access the building when you arrive, all you have to do is type in the code Maude provides and then push the door open, even though nothing appears on the screen of the pin pad and there is no indicator that the code was successful (we thought it wasn't working at first). You also have to turn the key in the lock to the door of the apartment 2x all the way around (here it's usually only once). Once we figured it out, all worked great with no issues! But we do wish we'd seen this mentioned in the comments prior to our stay, so hopefully this might help out someone else.
Thanks again for a great experience, Maude! We had an excellent stay at your place and a wonderful trip to Paris. Would definitely consider staying here again on a future trip if I find myself back in France!