Lots of pros and cons about this apartment.
The best part was the location, which was perfect for us. We were able to walk absolutely everywhere in Paris from here, but even staying within a five-minute radius gave us great access to coffee, bistros, grocery store, etc. Check in is also smooth and painless, which we appreciated after a 15-hour travel day.
However, there were a lot of hiccups to our stay that made us feel like Jean-Noel, the host, is not invested in providing a positive guest experience. The biggest sticking point was that he made us sign a separate contract after booking on Airbnb, however nothing in the listing discloses that such a contract must be signed. Apparently these are standard in Europe, so we went ahead with it. Unfortunately, there were additional details in the contract that his listing does not mention, like that guests must buy their own consumables. I assumed Jean-Noel would still provide the basics based on our stay (4 adults, 1 baby, 9 days). On this, I was very wrong. He provided one and a half rolls of toilet paper, a half of a roll of paper towels, and worst of all, absolutely no soap anywhere in the unit. We kindly asked if we could get soap at least, and his response was that he’s not running a hotel. Hotel or not, providing something for guests to wash their hands with after they use the bathroom seems like the most basic need for an Airbnb host to fulfill. Having to make a night time grocery store run in an unfamiliar neighborhood after a long travel day because the host refuses to provide something basic like that and then being rude in his response was not the start to our vacation we hoped for.