This apartment was our 3rd Airbnb stay over a 3 week trip, we were schedule to stay 4 nights but left after the first night. The actual apartment is clean but that's all it has going for it.
Check in was a disaster and left a horrible first impression of Yoni and his partners. The day we arrived the LBGTQ parade was taking place in Paris. In fact the parade route was on the street of the apartment. The three blocks surrounding were blocked off by police barricades, so we had to trek our luggage on foot the apartment.
As previously arranged, Mr. Pierre could not meet us and had is 'associate', Kala meet us in his place. Kala handed me the keys and walked off. There was no walk through of the apartment, discussion on how the laundry system worked, or any of the functioning items within the apartment. We were left to find our way to the third story room.
Upon entering the room was found clean (a big and only plus). The couch in the room is not as pictured and there are two additional stuffed chairs placed on either side of the TV which makes the room very tight once you have luggage open. The department does contain an iron, but no ironing board to press your clothes. The refrigerator is a bit beat up, the ice box was frozen over and the main compartment ever got cool.
We were traveling through Paris during the middle of a heatwave. In the room was stick fan that had seen better days. The fan had 3 settings but could only operate on the lowest and it no longer oscillated. At one point in communication with Yani that the fan was inoperable, he suggested I needed to plug it in. I found that absolutely insulting. Considering it was over 100 degrees that day, no air circulation in the room for the evening, that particular apartment felt as if it was 110.
I can only attribute this possibility to the high heat, ever so often the apartment would fill with a stench that came from the area of the bathroom. The bad smell would last for 2-3 minutes before dissipating. Since there is no air circulation in the room, you were left to endure the smell.
The apartment is still under construction. If you have plans to catch a rest after touring before dinner, don't expect to sleep.
This apartment faces a busy street, down the way is a bar. Between 2-3am the street is noisy with patrons departing the bar.
The final straw in dealing with Yoni and his associates was being locked out of the complex when we returned from an outing. No one explained the key pad or provided the code to us upon checking in. Though texts were sent to Yoni, Mr. Pierre and Kala, it wasn't until what I assume to be the cleaning person who entered into the complex and kindly let us in. At that point we packed our bags and checked into a hotel for the remaining three days, changing the course of our lodging for the better.
Overall this was a very disappointing booking, for which a lot of it could have been prevented. My impression is that Yoni does not care about the comfort of his guests, is more interested in taking your money providing little in return. For those reading this review, I would recommend you find alternative lodging.
I did request a 50% return for the booking, with little expectation of receiving a refund. Of course Yani sees nothing wrong with his provision and arrangements, but there is ample room for improvement.