The apartment was exactly as described and conveniently located down the street from the metro station and some wonderful patisseries (Cafe Pouchkine and Fauchon were our favorites). Check in was not very smooth. We told the host that we would probably arrive around 5:30pm after taking the Eurostar from London and they told us the woman helping us check in would be there between 6-6:15. We called the number provided when we arrived early. There was no answer so we assumed we should wait outside until she would get there at 6:00. She never met us. Finally, at 6:30, we tried the phone number again and she came out of the apartment. Apparently we needed to be diligent in trying to reach her by phone. This wasn't clear in the instructions and our three children were very tired standing around outside the apartment at that point. Aside from that, the apartment was fine. It's exactly as pictured and on the fifth floor of the apartment with a two person elevator.