Out of a number of places I have stayed upon my travels, this was one I was really looking forward to. Unfortunately my first impression was disappointing. Upon arriving shortly after the arranged check-in time of 3 PM, I was met by a colleague of the host who stated that housekeeping was not completed and we would need to come back in an hour and a half. We were led to the flat to leave our luggage and found the apartment in disarray due to previous guests (as expected I suppose). We were briefly shown around the apartment and given instructions while stepping over the rubbish and linens. I found this quite frustrating especially after a long day of travel but what was most disappointing is that I did not receive any type of “heads up” or at the very least an apology (even after bringing it up to the host).
I thought the location had its pros and cons. It was easy walk to popular districts which included a lot of shops and restaurants. Close walk to the metro. Cons, as previous reviewers discussed, is that it is very loud. The apartment is across the street from the police department, heard sirens throughout the night. Ear plugs and a white noise app on my phone did help somewhat with this.
In the last night of our stay we did have a mouse try to come in under the front door. And while I do understand that this is a large city it was really not something I wanted to deal with while on holiday.
While I enjoyed the other parts of Paris, I cannot say that I would stay at this particular location again.