This apartment is clearly intended to make for a convenient base while exploring the city, so the lack of frills and small size aren’t a problem. The location is fantastic - central, in a quaint apartment building on a quiet street by the Bastille and with excellent transport connections. The Marais is within walking distance. The air conditioning is also very welcome - especially during a heatwave, as we experienced.
Having said that, the apartment was lacking in some fairly straightforward essentials - there was no hand soap in the bathroom, not nearly enough toilet paper for our stay, no forks, and the apartment was not especially clean. There was dirty crockery in the cupboard, for example. But the biggest issue by far was the lack of coverings for the windows - there are only net curtains, which means that the room floods with daylight as soon as the sun rises, and moreover it feels as if you have no privacy, which is particularly disconcerting if you’re a woman traveling alone. It’s a pity as the apartment is in an incredible location.