The best thing about this place was the host. He was so fast to respond to questions and quick to offer help with bag storage and check-in timing. The apartment was very clean and the bed was comfortable.
A few negatives: it is LOUD. I wasn’t prepared for how loud it was. You could hear everything in the hall. Literally even when people whispered. So when people barged into the building all night long loudly talking or screaming, it jolted me awake. All. Night. Long. The door into the building is supposed to be locked but the lock was broken which made me feel a little uneasy. I never felt too unsafe except that the entry and hall were completely blackout dark when we got home at 11pm and then around 5am, a man woke us up screaming in the hall. He spoke French so I don’t know what he was saying but honestly it sounded like he was being attacked. Anyway, long way to say that while the apartment is a great value, not sure I’d stay there if I were, say, a single girl without my husband there or if I’d stay there with a child.
It wasn’t my favorite neighborhood in Paris but it was a street up from a very happening nightlife so there’s plenty to do if that’s your scene. And even though it was loud in the building, you couldn’t hear any street noise.