When looking to book an Airbnb, I always search the reviews for the keywords “clean” and “quiet”. Although these keywords appeared several times in the reviews for Flo's place, we unfortunately found it to be neither.
We did not meet Flo, but she was great at communicating and arranged for a guest host to greet me on arrival. The guest host, Anenome, met me at the apartment and tried to show me how things worked, but she was not particularly familiar with the place, and mentioned that it was her first time there.
It was quite apparent that the apartment had not been cleaned prior to our arrival, which was disappointing, as we had rented it for a three-week stay.
I won’t go into detail as to why, but we ended up having to clean the place ourselves, including wiping down the counters, table tops, and bathroom surfaces, vacuuming and even changing the bedding (hair on the sheets - eww). I let Anenome know about the bedding situation in particular, and she claimed that Flo had told her “not to worry about the sheets."
The apartment was anything but quiet, which was also disappointing.
It was early summer and very hot, so everyone had their windows open to the internal courtyard, with loud conversations lasting long into the night, sometimes as late as 4AM.
All sound is amplified considerably by the internal courtyard. The doors to the courtyard (and to the two buildings accessed by it) slam whenever anyone comes or goes, and no one appears to make an effort to close them lightly, regardless of time of day.
Anytime anyone drops a bottle in the recycling container, it sounds like a car crash. When the garbage collector comes to empty the recycling container, which is apparently 2 to 3 times a week, usually between the hours of 4 & 5AM, it is indescribably loud.
Positives about the apartment include the location, which is central to Saint-Germain and the Latin Quarter, the light from the large windows, the wifi, the washing machine, and the shower. We got used to the place and overall had a nice stay, but we would not recommend it if you are at all sensitive to noise.