The apartment was very central to independent bakeries and restaurants. Many good bars as well open late within a 15-20 minute walk radius (especially to the north near Republique). It was a very easy checkin process, Chris sent us the info to access his apartment about a week ahead of time and provided us and made sure everything was ok when we have arrived later on the first day. It was also very close to Bastille, so there was lots of entertainment available. As for the apartment itself, the rooms are as illustrated in the photo. Nothing more nothing less. The bathroom is connected to the second room, so it makes it a bit inconvenient. The only knock on the place is it didn't strike us as the cleanest place we have dealt with on Airbnb. Maybe we have lucked out in most places but this has to be the lowest in terms of cleanliness. The floor seems to be not wiped, the bathroom had some smell of mildew and the dishes were dirty when we got there. I wouldn't call it unlivable dirty but we were certainly expecting more for cleanliness, if we have paid decent money for cleaning fees that's charged to us. We had to end up putting everything in the dish washer and wiping the floor down ourselves since we had 9 month old with us. Otherwise, it was a good stay in Paris.