Li is awesome as a person and she was very kind! She speaks decent English and is willing to help you learn a bit more French... however, this review is about her place. She is 5 stars! but her apartment is another story.
1) The pictures were SUPER INACCURATE. The bedroom pictured was actually HER bedroom, not the room that I was actually staying in. The room I stayed in was much smaller than the one pictured. It only had a desk with a chair, a very dusty bookshelf, and a small closet. There was nowhere to hang anything either. There should be hooks to hang stuff. The bed frame had a bloody fingerprint on it, which I cleaned with an alcohol pad. You can tell that the bed wasn't cleaned, so I don't even know if the bedsheets were cleaned at all. I wiped down the bookshelf, the windows, the table, and the lamp because they were as dusty as an old castle. The floor is very dirty so bring shoes that you wouldn't mind getting dirty. Don't walk barefoot because your feet will be black after.
2) The kitchen was not clean like it was in the picture, it was very nasty.
3) I get why she only took a picture of the toilet lid closed, the entire bathroom was so gross, it looked like the bathroom of a meth head's house. I wanted to vomit when I first saw the toilet. The bathroom walls have mold, especially the shower. The shower curtain looked like it hasn't been changed since shower curtains were invented. It was a mustard yellow instead of the white that it once was.
4) THERE WAS NO MENTION THAT THERE WAS NO ELEVATOR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. This place is not handicap accessible at all. She lives on the 4th floor so it was 4 flights of stairs.
5) The area was not that safe. It was right next to the front of the road. I was afraid to go outside in the evening because of the area it was in. There were drunkards harassing me every time I stepped out of the apartment.
The entire place looked like it was NEVER cleaned in the entirety of the time that place was occupied. I spied a lot of creepy crawlers on the floor and I had to throw out my fluffy shoes because the floor has never even been swept or cleaned before.
The bathroom had mold in it. It looked like it was never cleaned too. The once white shower curtain was of a moldy mustard-colored yellow now. I don't know why she charged cleaning fees if it wasn't never cleaned in the first place. I felt gross every time I was in the apartment, especially the bathroom.
When I had asked her if she had a washer/dryer in the apartment, she responded with yes. However, upon arrival, there was not. I asked her about it and she said that there is a lavarie nearby.
On the upside, the wifi is pretty decent and there is a grocery store across the way, the cafes are downstairs. It got pretty hot in the room though and she doesn't have a fan, so I bought a tiny USB one from the Galerie Lafayette (top floor where the gadgets are) and it worked okay. The bedroom definitely won't fit two people. I suggest she invest in a fan. Yes you can open the window but then you let in MANY mosquitos, the loudness of the street (every 10 seconds there are honking and sirens) and you won't get any sleep the whole night.
Overall. this place wasn't as advertised :(