Our time at Claudia's place was absolutely perfect!
The apartment is beautiful, full with light, and has such a nice European view. It is also very comfortable and fully accessorized. The kitchen is large and pleasant and so is the shower (hot water and wonderful stream all the time!)
Our room was really perfect, private, aired and lighted! The bed was so perfectly clean and cosy!
Claudia was a wonderful host. She helped us with the way from the airport, was really caring about us getting the keys and all even though she wasn't home when we arrived. It was all smooth and made us feel safe. She even left us each a set of new clean towels on the bed! We actually didn't get to meet each other on the first two days or though, so we left each other small notes around the apartment, which was very sweet:)
It's also important to say that claudia gave us a feeling of full privacy, and we felt very comfortable!
The location is fantastic, 30 sec' from a big Metro station -"Bastille". Place de la Bastille is wonderful, full of nice coffee
shops and resturants of all kinds. There is a big interesting market just around the corner ("marche de la bastille") - plus if you like markets - don't miss "marche d'aligre" - also made it by foot! You have the Opera of course, many stores for shopping all around, also several pharmacies and supermarkets. Additional to the amazing Metro system, you can also get the center of the city by foot! We walked it several times (and i'm a lazy one!).
For summary - If you'r lucky to stay in Paris - do it over Claudia's!