This apartment is exquisite-beautiful and perfectly decorated. It comes with everything you need for a longish stay in Paris. The only issue I had, which I am not owing back to Michel, because in the listing he said things always quieted by 10 pm, was the noise level outside the apartment that started after that time and went till dawn. I am only writing this because the next place I stayed at one reviewer did mention the noise outside because the listing was the lively area of Arles, and if you know something and you expect it, it is your choice. In fact that place had music etc but it did stop at 10 pm and I had a great night sleep after leaving Heloise.
This beautiful listing is next to a highly trafficked tourist area with a lot of night life and I guess bars that stay open late. I was in town for Art workshops and studies and had to be up fairly early. The noise level started on my second night there where I was woken up at 3 am to a fight outside my window and people yelling and even two ten year olds running and screaming at each other at 5:30 am. I told Michel the next day and he said to call the police next time and I did when it started up again at 11:30 am but they told me that unless it was a specific fight (the two new people yelling had moved on by the time they picked up) that it was just "street noise" for that area. Needless to say I was so sleep deprived the whole time I was there, I really had a terrible visit and finally found some white noise apps on my phone and played a show on full volume on my laptop all night long, Michel said it was never been like this before, but seriously...having no sleep led to more serious issues. I am a native New Yorker and quite savvy with crowds but I got pick pocketed (or maybe I dropped my cards due to lack of sleep) on my last day there somehow and the thief got my debit card and some other valuable items that cannot be replaced. Only getting 3 hours of sleep made everything so foggy when I was there....I did not even see the missing items until I got home yesterday. They spent 1k on my debit card that my bank is now trying to reimburse me for. Michel's apt is so lovely....I hated to write this because it is so beautiful. I can understand normal street noise and music etc, but to have these drunken behaviors and yelling and what night go until 6 am....was just draining....you really need to understand this before you book this space. Maybe by now he has been able to get a handle on it-maybe this only goes on in the summer with the huge influx of tourists. but I really had an overall horrible visit because of lack of sleep.