The photos are accurate. The apartment is very quiet. Although you need to be careful about making noise in the courtyard, which is very reverberant, you do not have to worry after you shut the front door. This is a great area, next door to the Canal St. Martin and the famous bridges one of which appears in the iconic film "Hôtel du Nord." Segire is a great host, very attentive and quick to respond as she lives not far away.