I have mixed feelings about recommending this apartment to the Airbnb community. On one hand, the apartment was clean, and as described (although the location is listed inaccurately- this apartment is clearly in the 17th). On the other hand, I found the host to be difficult to communicate with. I was looking for a last minute accommodation, and even sent an email asking if a late check-in was available as my flight was arriving late, and also asking if it was ok to leave my luggage on day of check-out until 5pm. Not only does the host list the apartment as "Check-in ANYTIME" but accepted my instant book request. The booking even has you choose a check-in time from an hourly time slot from a 24 hour schedule. Once I was already on my way to Paris, she proceeded to tell me that she would have to find a friend willing to meet me so late to give me the key. And that "I better remember her kindness for a long time and that she will owe her friend dinner for doing this for me", etc. To say I felt like a burden instead of a welcomed guess is an understatement. Upon arrival, her friend could not have been more sweet and helpful so I thought maybe this was just something that was lost in translation via email. In fact, the host had given me wrong information for how to use the key and had her friend not texted me the correct information I would have been stuck outside!
However, the host proceeded to give me a second "guilt-trip" on check-out day. Much to my surprise, I found out just before that it was not actually ok to leave my luggage as she had the next guest arriving early. When I sent her an email asking how this can be as I put in the request to hold my luggage upfront, I received a response of "You can leave your luggage till 5pm but I had to lose 50 euro's for the inconvenience of the next guest". Again, to say this was not fair to me was an understatement. I have used Airbnb countless times and have always been a very clear communicator and respectful of any host's time/space. I felt that I was clear from the beginning and I was treated like a burden, not a welcomed guest. I wasted 2 hours of my time the morning of check out day trying to figure out what else to do with my luggage before finding out it was ok to leave it after all. This isn't something any traveler wants to spend time doing. So, while I'd say this apartment was great in cleanliness, I would not recommend it for anyone due to the host's poor communication style.