Virginie was a very attentive hostess. We just had an unfortunate time since the power was having problems. The electrical panel main circuit would not hold for long. Fortunately my husband is pretty good problem solver so we turned off the water heater portion that heated the apartment. No heat but had power a little more reliably, but not perfect. The access to the metro was very simple. The neighborhood had many young people and some homeless. I am sure this would have been better if we had had power reliably but had good access to the city by both bus and metro. Walkable from Gard de Nord. Easy if coming or leaving by train or CDG.