Overall this is a good stay and home base for your stay in Paris, but I’ll share my thoughts from my stay.
Pros: the apartment is absolutely beautiful. Truly stunning decor and design. If you want an incredible art deco Parisian experience then this place is for you.
There are big beautiful windows and even a balcony, although small, it was my dream to have my breakfast and evening wine on this balcony and it was divine. It was otherwise a good size apartment, living room, dining room, kitchen and bedroom, nice for two people to spread out compared to most airbnbs out there. The kitchen was well stocked and sized, we loved having it to make meals.
The laundry was fantastic, it was so nice to have after our travels. No dryer but a large drying rack was more than sufficient.
Our host was also helpful, one morning I messaged him that I couldn’t find the hairdryer but there actually wasn’t one but he dropped one off later that day, which was nice.
Cons: The biggest issue we found was that there wasn’t a lot of hot water and it took hours to get back. We don’t take long showers but after one person showered the hot water would be out before the end of the second persons, so one of us had to shower at night and the other in the morning. Even then in the morning after one shower we didn’t have enough hot water to do all our dishes from breakfast. The dishwasher didn’t run well, I’m guessing because of not enough hot water. Did not clean the dishes so we had to wash everything by hand. I did mention this to the host and he said it’s not normal so hopefully it will be fixed soon.
The shower and toilet are in separate rooms, the toilet room is very small, quite uncomfortable.
The exterior door to get into the apartment does not have any lights, and it was incredibly dark at night, it’s in a small courtyard off the street, and it felt very unsafe having to pull out my phone to use as a flashlight to put in the entrance code.
There was not good communication for check in. We felt really rushed in our check in as the host was only available at certain times to let us in, there was no independent check in. Basically if our train was slightly delayed we would have had to wait with all our luggage outside the building for hours for them to get back, we didn’t know that until after our train was booked.
Also, not in the control of our host, but the building was getting plumbing work done and so there was no water from 0830-1700 one of the days we stayed, the host didn’t tell us ahead of time we found out when we got there when it was too late to cancel or change plans.
The wifi was ok but very spotty, sometimes just out completely.
Things to mention: As mentioned in other reviews the apartment is up 4 flights of stairs, which is charming at first but can get tiring.
The area isn’t close to touristy things, but steps from the metro, so really you’re close to everything just mind when rush hour is.
I don’t like to be too negative, but I know how much I appreciate and rely on honest reviews, but like I said, overall this is a good place that is absolutely beautiful, just be aware, and hopefully these things get fixed before your stay!