We stayed here for one month and it was good overall, but we encountered a few issues which was our first negative experience with Airbnb (and we've used Airbnb a lot).
Positives:
-Great location near Rue Mouffetard where we spent a lot of our time. So beautiful and lots of lovely shops and food options. It's quick and easy to get to the Metro station which has a line straight into the centre so travelling about was very easy.
-The apartment was slightly smaller than it looks in the photos, but it has more character too which we enjoyed as it felt more authentically Parisian! It was bright in the day and nice and cosy in the evening. The view was lovely too.
-The sofa was really big and comfortable, which was helpful as being there for a full month meant we were staying in lots of evenings. There was a hoover, lots of towels and bedsheets (albeit only one duvet cover/sheet). They had a few things like coffee, salt, etc. The shower was nice and
Negatives:
-The wifi wasn't working and it took 8 days to get it sorted. We had to pay to use our mobile data in the meantime and we'd brought our work with us so we had to use our personal hotspot a lot so data allowance ran out. We had to chase the host and Airbnb support several times, and kept being told it would be fixed the next day for it to not be... They were polite in communication and I do think they wanted to help, but it just took ages and sometimes slow to respond, which felt stressful. Eventually they set up a temporary wifi and Airbnb gave us a partial refund for the days impacted.
-This might not bother everyone, but there was a code instead of a key for our actual apartment door (not the shared communal building door), which didn't make us feel as safe as we didn't know who could have access to the door and there was no second lock. At one point, there was some kind of maintenance going on in the building where they removed the communal lock downstairs so they had to keep the door open from one day until the next, so this added to feeling less secure. Perhaps a suggestion could be to let guests choose their code?
-The apartment was clean overall, but quite dusty in some parts and lots of clumps of hair on the rug and sofa, so suggestion to the host to give a more thorough clean. The toilet also leaks/sprays quite a bit out the bowl every time you flush it which felt less hygienic. The towel hanger broke off the wall as soon as we hung something on it. Netflix wasn't working either - the remote wouldn't scroll down. So think we'd recommend just some general maintenance/fixes.
-Neighbours were sometimes quite loud at night - lots of banging around and loud TV (I could hear clearly what they were saying on the TV through the walls), so sometimes made it difficult to sleep (the noise was sometimes as late as 3am) We slept in the living room on the sofa bed as I didn't feel comfortable that the bedroom wouldn't have a fire escape if needed, so maybe it'd be quieter up there?
So it was a mixed stay - I wouldn't necessarily say not to stay there, but it cost quite a lot for the month to have so many issues, so we probably wouldn't stay again. If they got a few things fixed/sorted then I’d recommend it or it may feel easier for a shorter stay.