I enjoyed my recent stay in Nadia’s apartment, and so appreciated her kindnesses and how responsive she was to me. The check-in and check-out processes were very easy. Nadia was great about explaining everything to me and assuring me she was close-by if needed. There were several nice little touches in the apartment as well that I really appreciated, like a welcoming bottle of wine and some other basic food items like a Nespresso machine with plenty of pods, milk, orange juice, butter, etc. I also loved that the building has a small elevator, which if you’ve been to Paris before, you know is not the standard in many buildings. I should mention that Nadia speaks French and just a little bit of English, and while it was very easy for me to communicate with her because I speak basic French, this may be a consideration for you if you do not.
The apartment was very comfortable, but there is no living-room area, if that is important for you — there is a large nice kitchen with all of the amenities, one bedroom, and a good size bathroom. No living-room was a little bit odd for me at first, but I got used to it, and after all, one doesn’t usually spend all that much time in an apartment when visiting Paris. :)
I love Paris and enjoyed my stay this time as always, and really have no complaints about the apartment other than for me the bed and pillows were very hard and uncomfortable. If you like a very hard mattress, you won’t mind that aspect, but for me it was too much.
I have been to Paris numerous times and aim to stay in a different area of Paris each time, so this was my first time in the neighborhood of the Place de la République. The apartment is literally one block away from the Square, which in my opinion has both advantages and disadvantages. Advantages are that you are one block from the metro; close to many amenities, restaurants, shops, etc.; it is also a very busy area with a lot of activity going on most every evening, which is good if you like that vibe, but also lends itself to being noisier later in the evening. I did find it to be noisier very late in the evening than I would have preferred.
So overall, my stay in Nadia’s apartment was a positive experience and I would recommend her apartment and also her as a wonderful host.