The flat itself is very nice, with a functional kitchen area and lounge, it had enough space for the three of us to have both our privacy and time together. the neighborhood is pretty convenient, has a quick metro connection, plenty of nice shops, and is just a short walk from Marais. The only
The hosts were very quick to respond and rather generous with the check-in/check-out times, which meant a lot.
There were, however, a few shortcomings. 1)The cleaning seemed to be unfinished before our arrival, as we found cleaning appliances and dirty laundry in the flat, and our bedsheets were appallingly unclean. The hosts sent a cleaner the next day to fix it, which worked out eventually. 4)There is an outside gate with a code lock - which worked pretty well, but once we ended up locked out in the middle of the night (2 am!!) because the code wasn't working. With both mobiles running out of battery, we managed to call the host, and thank god he called back in a few minutes and told us the NEW code. Really thanks for the quick reaction, but this very unpleasant situation could have been easily avoided if the hosts would timely inform us about the changed code. 3) There is limited hot water capacity, and we kept running out, certainly not enough for a bath... There were few other minor details, that could use improvement: like not working light bulbs etc.. But all easily fixable with a bit of attention and diligence.
The truly important detail: there are two schools right next door to the flat, and the narrow passage +ground floor +no sound isolation, results in the terrible noise from 7:30 - 9 am on weekdays, it sounds like there are 300 teenagers in your bedroom. so unless you get out of bed before then - morning sleeping could be very very difficult.
All in all, we enjoyed the place and our stay but found it too problematic for the price.