The host who greeted us, Raphael, has a warm personality, a great sense of humour and was extremely helpful. He made sure to let us know that, if we needed to, we were to feel free to contact him anytime during our stay in Paris, which, was very kind. He answered all of our many questions during check in patiently and thoroughly.

Patrick, the owner of the apartment, prior to our trip, always answered emails promptly and left us a very helpful, personally-made guide to all relevant things in the neighbourhood, (metros, bus, markets, etc.), including a great map of the city. He also left us a nice bottle of wine to welcome us to Paris.

The apartment is even better than what the photos illustrate. The website photos depict a spacious apartment, but, we were still amazed by how much space there really is. Also, the website does not include exterior photos so we were pleasantly surprised by the charming courtyard and apartment building itself, which, is very attractive. We were delighted to find a lift and genuinely appreciated a place to dispose of our recyclable garbage.

It was very hot so we needed to keep the apartment windows open during the night; we were happy that the residents of the apartment complex follow the courtesy guidelines in order to keep the noise levels down. It could have been very noisy or disruptive, but, it wasn't at all. It was peaceful and quiet.