I was staying here with my friend for 2 weeks. The location was great as we were central near Palais Royal. Astrid was nice upon receiving us, she met us in person to deliver the keys. However, as the stay went on, everything went south.
The apartment was in a totally different layout than pictured. And as previous renters have mentioned, it was quite cluttered. It was missing a big lamp by the yellow sofa seen in the advertisement, which proved to be difficult for us to work at night. There were also no shades except for exterior awnings, which did not provide enough privacy while sleeping. One of the beds was very creaky and did not seem safe to sleep on....
We were staying for two weeks and had no storage spaces for clothes (this was mentioned in the listing, but we had hoped we would be offered to have a small section for our belongings, especially after learning that Astrid was downstairs!).
Astrid was staying on the ground floor, which wasn't a problem until we started receiving messages about various things that made us feel uncomfortable. One day, I received messages about closing one of the windows as she noticed it was opened (we wanted some fresh air). Then a few days later, to specifically turn off lights when we leave with the reason being the Ukrainian War (a very strange reason as there was no news that this affected electricity in Paris or anywhere in France. More so, we did turn off lights, however, I tended to stay in the apartment to work a lot. Not sure if this made her think that we were irresponsible about the environment). We felt as if we were being watched and surveilled at any minute.
The bathroom lights also were broken midway through the stay. However, the main ones work so we did not notify her but everything in the apartment seemed to be a bit run down.
As we checked out, there were miscommunications about timing. My friend had a later flight and they communicated via WhatsApp that she could leave her belongings until 3pm. But when my friend came back from errands around 2pm to pack and clean, it seemed that Astrid had entered the apartment, moved my friend's belongings around, and did laundry for the place without notifying her (she sent my friend a message about this but did not specify the time) We would have appreciated if she had called us before entering the apartment, and resolved the misunderstanding. My friend was also accosted and scolded by Astrid upon arrival.
The apartment was eclectically designed and would be fun to stay for a few nights, but I will not definitely recommend it for a longer stay.