The apartment looks and feels like the photos. It has been very nicely redone. it is clean and fresh, and has a washer and dryer, which is unusual for France.
The area is perfect - the street is cute with lots of varied restaurants and shops. It is right by the Pompidou and Chatelet, which is convenient in so many ways.
However, the stay was not easy. We did not have hot water from Friday afternoon until Sunday evening. The "host" was not responsive until about 4-6 hours after I would contact him (four times). This led us to not know how to set the hot water and to have only cold showering water and cleaning water ALL WEEKEND.
This truly marred the stay, especially in that we were eventually told nothing could be done until Monday morning as it was the weekend.
I don't care when it is, something that important does not go without being taken care of, swiftly and responsibly.
The "host" was not the owner of the apartment and is part of a larger management company, which evidently does not care enough about the renters.
We were confronted by the downstairs neighbor who was surprised that we were there, asking for the owner who he knew. This was not reassuring.
With the windows closed (not possible on hot summer nights), the noise outside on this busy pedestrian street is bearable. However, we requested an additional fan, which could not be provided for whatever reason, and never got one. Therefore, we had to keep the windows open.
Each weekend night, drunks and loud young kids would pass by the apartment yelling and carrying on. This would jar our sleep. Then, in the mornings, trash and recycling trucks come by from 730AM through 930AM. Very loud indeed, especially the crashing of wine bottles.
The bed was not comfortable at all. Like sleeping on a rock. The pillows were only one type and size - also very uncomfortable.
The bathroom would smell of sewer through the drains. We had to keep that door closed.
We were told - after arrival - that we had to provide our own hand soap and dish soap. I had never encountered this in any other Airbnb stay, so that was also odd.
In short, the apartment is very nicely done, but most everything else about it leads to a bad stay. I will not rent this place ever again and will avoid this management companies listings.
Pity, as I get to Paris very often.