We had the wonderful experience of staying at Dorine and Guy’s apartment. It was a fortunate choice since Paris had the highest temperature ever recorded during our stay and the air conditioning worked very well. Although Dorine and Guy were not in town when we arrived their concierge Chantal personally welcomed us to the apartment, showed us around and provided the keys. When we arrived there were welcoming gifts of a bottle of wine, a baguette, orange juice, soda, cold water, butter and other goodies in the refrigerator. Both bathrooms had all sorts of fancy shampoos and creams. The apartment is on two levels: the bottom level has the kitchen, living room, dining room and powder room and the second level contains two bedrooms and an exterior landing with a desk. Each bedroom has its own full bath: one with a bathtub and the other with a shower. There is a bidet as well in the larger bathroom.
The apartment is located about a ten minute walk from the closest grocery store (Carrafour City) and Chantal was able to supply us with a cart to carry the groceries home. As someone else mentioned, the motorized shutters (which were completely noiseless) worked well to screen out light so that we could sleep late without worrying about the sun waking us up. The patio is huge, has multiple tables and umbrellas and is adjacent to the kitchen so it is convenient to eat outside if you like. The kitchen is very well-equipped, but frankly all we needed was the microwave. Although the apartment is not located strictly within Paris it is directly adjacent to the 17th district. It was also about a ten minute walk to a couple of bus lines that went directly into Paris and a 12 minute walk to Metro line #1. We also were able to walk easily to the Arc de Triompe in about 25 minutes. The main taxi service in Paris is G7. They had a smartphone app which works only sporadically. The one time we tried it the driver parked three doors away and charged us an extra 4 euros because he could not pick us up directly in front of the apartment. I would advise you to walk to the closest street and pick up a cab directly if you do not wish to use public transportation.
The only problem we encountered was that sometimes the key to the front door was difficult to turn. We had trouble getting back in one night but I texted Chantal and she came over to solve the problem for us. All in all we would have not hesitate to book this apartment again should we return to Paris.