Location absolutely fantastic, apartment OK We arrived around 9:30pm on a Sunday night for a week, so luckily we were able to take a taxi from Orly airport for 32 Euros and didn’t have to deal with the Metro with all our luggage. It would be a good idea to print a photo of the bookstore to bring with you to show the taxi driver along with the address. Isabelle seemed very nice, and her husband Etienne took our bags upstairs for us and opened out the sofa bed. There were plenty of maps and books that people had left behind and Isabelle told us where the nearest Metro is and how to walk to the Louvre and Musee d'Orsay. We had no contact with her again after that although she and Etienne live upstairs. Isabelle left us a fresh bottle of milk in the fridge and there is also a cupboard full of food items that previous guests had left behind. Being Australians, we were glad to find a jar of Vegemite! The building was built in the 17th century, the apartment is a good size, in an excellent location in the St Germain area, cafes and shops all around, easy to walk wherever you want to go, and the Odeon metro station is very close. The living area and kitchen are good although there's nowhere comfortable to sit other than the sofa if you want to just read a book. There's a single futon which is impossible to use if you're an older person because it's so low. The street is noisy so bring earplugs and an eye mask if you have to sleep on the sofa bed in the living room (obviously the owners can't do anything about this and the windows are double-glazed). The photos make the apartment look really good and modern on the inside so we were quite disappointed when got past the living area. The bed is a standard double (not queen) and quite firm. The sofa bed is uncomfortable. The living room curtains are too small for the windows so you can't shut out the light at night. We are two female friends so it wasn't an option to both sleep in the double bed. The bathroom and toilet are up 4 stairs from the bedroom and are not well renovated. I could go on about that but will just say the photos make it look a lot better than it is. I guess it wouldn't be easy to renovate because of access up the winding staircase. The shower screen came off the roller but fortunately was fixed that day. The shower water was very hot and we couldn’t work out how to make it colder, so I wouldn’t like to be there in summer. There is a washing machine but no dryer, and no instructions on how to use anything including the TV. There is only one mirror in the whole apartment and it's above the bathroom sink, and it's way...