Alain's place is great. It's very clean and spacious. You really can't beat the location, especially if you want to be close to everything but not where all the tourists are. We had side trip to Lyon planned after out time in Paris, but had to cancel because of train strikes. Alain was so flexible and able to accommodate us, we ended up staying three extra nights, this really made everything so much less stressful for us. I would recommend Alain's place to anyone in a second!