Unfortunately, our stay at this place did not live up to our expectations. Starting from when we first got there, we were told the lock is somewhat broken. We were unable to lock the door from the outside when we left. With all of our variables and money in the house. We were told we wouldn't be able to lock the door from the inside also. We figured out how to make this happen as we didn't feel safe leaving it unlocked. There was a strange staircase near the bathroom. There was an old mattress at the top of it. The mattress was at the top of the staircase hiding a door. Being that the home owners lived upstairs, this gave them access to the apartment without it being locked. The living room has 2 doors in it to the outside. One had a key. The other didn't have a keyhole and was unable to be locked. The door in the bedroom was also unable to be locked. All of the windows and doors had sheer curtains. If we wanted to sleep in, which we did, as we were out late at night and on vacation, but we couldn't because the sun came right in. In order to get dressed in privacy, you has to go into the narrow bathroom with the toilet. Or you could change in the kitchen if you choose all the doors to the rooms. We ended up hanging towels and blankets on the windows to make it dark. There was a picture of the bathroom that contained the shower. It was taken at an angle and did not correctly show the shower stall. Had we seen it, we would not have booked this. The bed was essentially on the floor, also not able to be determined by the photos. The wooden floor was bowed near the end of the bed. Every time I got up in the evening, my partner was awoken by the sound of the floor being pressed down. This was an obvious large bump. Large enough to not be avoided, especially in a dark room at night. In the kitchen, there was a leak under the sink making the frying pans unusable. The kettle was completely filled with calcium build-up. I would be okay with this, if it were my own. But it wasn't and it just looked dirty. The host and co-host were nice and even helped me print tickets for an event. We had a family emergency and had to fly out a few days early. I went to their door to notify them as we did not have any contact info and when could not call them thru air bnb as we did not have a phone. When I went to the door, someone who didn't shown English answered. I was able to use Google translate to ask her to have the host come see us so we could let her know were leaving early. Luckily I still had the co-hosts email from when he printed the tickets. I was able to email him to notify them.In response to my email I received this message: "We are not currently in Paris (and with bad connexion) and will be back only this evening. Of course, no problem for the check out." We were in a foreign country, unable to speak the language. We had no contact info for them in case of an emergency at the apartment. I felt this was not proper as there should've at least had a backup contact. We have had a his emergency once at another rental and being able to contact the owner helped us get through the emergency. The owner then immediately came by to address the issue. The best part of this rental was its location. It is located in aa beautiful neighborhood. Easy access to places and beautiful strolls thru the streets of Paris. We would not rent this air bnb if we were to go back to Paris.