AVOIDDD THIS PLACE AT ALL COST!!!
A group of 6 friends booked this Airbnb for our 4 nights in Paris. We checked-in close to 11-12PM. Here are the problems we faced immediately.
1)the pictures were so deceiving as the space was TINYYYY. It so DIFFICULT for all of us to sit in the living room that 2 girls had to sit on their bed while we were having group conversations. Our luggage’s were not allowed to be opened at the same time because there was no space for it, in the bedroom and living room. So, we took turns.
2) We saw several ants crawling around everywhere. However, we were very tired to think much. This, we brushed off and went to bed.
3) FYI, the unit is on the ground floor (this was not advertised)
The next morning, my friend in the other room saw several ants on her bed. I saw an ant ON MY TOOTHBRUSH and we quickly realized that there was a serious ant problem. The living room had over 200 ants crawling EVERYwhere. So noticeable that the counter was BLACK. In addition, the wifi was so WEAK, it might as well not have existed. There was also a very strange loud upstairs throughout the night. So loud 2 girls could not sleep the entire night.....
Naturally, our first thought was to sort it out with landlord as we had 3 more nights in Paris. Having showed her numerous pictures and videos of the situation and asking if this issue could be addressed immediately (as we were feeling very uncomfortable with the Ants, let alone, being squished in such a small space) Her response was she does not live in Paris..... and that she can have someone check the next day. After many more conversations back and forth, she said word for word: “I can give you 20e via Airbnb tomorrow.”
To us, the 20euro was a slap to our face considering we paid $2000 but we given we had full packed itinerary, we, as a group decided to wait for her to see the situation for herself. Thus, we ended up staying another night. The next day, the landlord too, confirmed she had an ant problem. We told her that we were not comfortable sleeping with HUNDREDS of ants and she responded by asking us to cancel the remaining 2 days quickly so she could Airbnb it out to someone else. We were in Paris for only 4 days; everyday was scheduled and planned out and suddenly we had to WASTE over 4 hours talking to her, to Airbnb and to finding a new place to stay for 2 nights super last minute.
The landlord was very difficult to deal with, she offered ZERO compensation (even after Airbnb addresses the situation) her english was terrible and she wasted sooo much of our time. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, the place was a HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE.
DO NOT BOOK THIS PLACE, you will waste your time and money!!!