Overall, great stay as the apartment worked well for our group of 6.
The apartment was clean and quiet and the host provided fans which was nice as the flat didn't have AC.
Only slightly frustrating thing was the host wanted me to put a payment card down on a third-party French website for a damage deposit (it is mentioned in the description) that I didn't understand. He assured that he wouldn't ever charge the 800 euros as long as the apartment wasn't damaged.
Thankfully he agreed to let me pay the damage deposit through Airbnb which I felt more comfortable with and later got the deposit back after a little work talking with Airbnb support. Maybe the guy got burned on another apartment, but the whole process seemed unnecessary as I'm sure he could have reached out to Airbnb if damage ever happened to charge my card.
Glad it worked out, just didn't love that part of the check in process. Other than that really no issues and the apartment worked out well for us.