This was our first time in Paris and there were some communication gaps between Lilian and I, because our native languages differed. My partner and I arrived early at Lilian's apartment, about 7am, which she stated prior via email that she was OK with. However we could not get in the apartment for 2 hours. I had copied her notes from her airbnb.com website, to reference how to get in the building. But her airbnb notes did not include the third door code at her apartment. And my AT&T iPhone from the USA had no service in Paris. I finally reached Lilian via Skype. She then gave me the door code and explained that she also sent email with the door code. I later found the email but had not read it as I thought it was the same info as what was on her airbnb site. Lesson learned, reference and cross check everything before traveling abroad. Next time I would also buy the AT&T Passport international add-on for my phone. Anyway, once we were in the apartment we collapsed due to being awake for close to 24 hours. At 10:30am I was awoken by knocking on the door. Lilian's house cleaner showed up about 10:30am or so. I was unaware she would be coming to clean after we got there, or that the sheets were not changed before we got there. But we were so tired we didn't care. We just took the sheets and told the house cleaner not to worry about cleaning. Lesson learned, Lilian's house cleaner apparently gets there after 10am but before noon. Other than the above snags, Lilian's apartment is well maintained, quaint, and in a central area of district 4. It has many comforts of home and is fairly quiet. The reasons we picked Lilians' place is it was close to the gay area, had air conditioning (we didn't need it in October) and had a small elevator to the 4th floor. If I ever returned to Paris I would consider Lilian's place again and I'd know what to expect next time.