This place has some great features but has huge drawbacks as well so we don’t recommend it. What’s great? It is a 3 bedroom apartment. It is located in a wonderful neighborhood that is central to everything, has fantastic cafes and shopping, and one block from the Luxembourg gardens. Truly tough to beat if you want to be in the center of Paris. The managers of the apartment are responsive.
What are the drawbacks? The pix on Airbnb do not show the apartment as it truly is - doors that function as walls are open to make it seem larger than it is, etc. let’s just say it was optimized for the pix. What is it really? This is an old tired third floor walk up apartment. It is more than a bit dingy and a bit grungy. There is a distinctly unpleasant smell that hits you as you walk in the door that is a cross between urine and senior community center. We notified the managers the night we arrived of the smell and they sent someone to try to clean it the next day but they had no impact. Luckily, our bodies had a fix - your nose grows dead to the smell after a half hour or so and we kept windows open as much as possible, despite considerable street noise. Decor is odd and garage sale-inspired. If these were the only problems, we would have rated it higher, but that wasn’t all. There is one toilet in a powder room, and a different bathroom has the one shower (and, oddly, a bidet), which can be a problem if everyone is trying to get ready to go out for dinner at the same time. The shower is in a high walled bath with a very slippery floor and a shower curtain that had a huge rip in it as well as orange mold. The curtain seemed to really like whoever was bathing and intruded on every shower. The kitchen is very functional except there is no wine opener, in Paris. The cabinets were last cleaned when the apartment was new and they have a curious smell as well. Finally, know that this place is on a very busy street and the sounds of traffic will be heard in the main bedroom all night long. Curiously, the twin bed with trundle is in the largest and quietest bedroom. The other two beds are closer to a full than a queen size. Lightbulbs out in several bedside and over head fixtures. There is a tv but only a day bed across the room to sit on. The sofa is in a separate room with the dining table. If you are a light sleeper, need a clean environment or a heavy packer, this place is not for you.