We (my husband, 1.5-year-old daughter, and I) travelled to Paris from Australia in July and stayed 4 nights. Juliette is a lovely, helpful host and very prompt in her communication. She allowed us to help ourselves to her food and even left out nappies for our baby and let us borrow her new pram. The apartment is in an excellent location in the heart of Le Marais with many great restaurants, cafés and beautiful fashion boutiques. Staying here allows you to truly feel what it would be like to live as a local in Paris. It is a home away from home – you are staying in someone else’s space, surrounded by their clothes, food and personal belongings – which may or may not be to everyone’s taste.

Overall I would recommend this apartment. There were a couple things that could have been better and I’d like to list them here so you can make the best possible decision when booking your accommodation:

We wanted to check in at 3pm; earlier than the set 5pm check in time. Our host allowed us to do this but was unable to meet us on site so we were instructed to collect a key from a local café, which can be tricky in an unfamiliar area. When we arrived we couldn’t get the key to work in the front door, turns out we were doing it incorrectly, but if you’re not familiar with old French locks this can happen. Eventually a neighbor helped us as she heard our baby crying. None of this is terrible, but we’d been travelling for 24 hours with a large amount of luggage and a toddler, who lost it and screamed the house down during all of this. In hindsight, it is important the host is able to meet you on site.

There was also a mix-up with the price. The apartment was advertised as $120 AUD per night but we were charged $184 AUD per night. I notified Airbnb, they did not respond. Juliette said the price was 120 Euro per night, the Airbnb Australia site stated the price was $120 AUD per night.