The flat is really more of a studio than a flat and is more suited to younger people who just need a place to sleep as it is very basic. We have visited Paris before on a number of occasions and this flat was more basic than we were expecting. The toilet arrangements leave a lot to be desired as it is so small there is no room to close the door when you are sitting there and your feet are out in the hall right by the front door and you are on view to the whole flat. Also best to avoid if you have a lot of luggage as it is on the 6th floor and the lift only goes to the 5th floor and then there is a steep, winding staircase to the flat. The lift is very, very tiny so you have to do several trips. Also make sure before you arrive at the flat that you have got access instructions. We arrived very tired from a long day's travelling and were stranded outside on the street for half an hour because no-one told us we needed an access code for the street entrance and we only managed to get into the lobby because one of the neighbors happened to come out and held the door open for us. We had not been told the number of the flat and did not know which bell to ring. (The bells were not numbered anyway). We then waited another 15 minutes before being able to get through to the host on the phone , who then suggested we were at the wrong address! Guillaume insisted that the front door access was on the web page but it was not, we've searched all the online information about this flat and nowhere have we been able to find any reference to the access code. Eventually my husband got into the lift & went up to the top floor & managed to find someone waiting for us in the flat. It would have been helpful if she had been looking out for us as we had informed the host of the time of our arrival in an e-mail several days previously, and had received a response confirming arrival time would not be a problem. It was all very stressful because after standing out on the street for half an hour with our luggage it was getting late & we did not know if we had somewhere to sleep for the night.
Guillaume has obviously put a lot of thought into renting because there was a lot of good tourist information available (brochures, map of Paris etc) and he e-mailed us several times through the 10 days to see if everything was OK.