Please research this area before you decide to stay here! Metro is Porte de Clignancourt, and it is not very pleasant. The area is full of unsavoury characters, and lots of police interference. I would not go out or come back after dark…I spent 5 days feeling like a prisoner in the evenings. When contacting the the host she told me her and husband frequently go out at night and feel safe, zero understanding for someone coming as a visitor and feeling unsafe in this area.
I needed up leaving 3 days early, as soon as I made arrangements to go to my next destination. I asked the host if she would refund me some money for the 3 nights she would not. She describes the area as close to Montmartre and bohemian. It is somewhat close to Montmartre but it is not Montmartre and definitely not bohemian.
The apartment is ok, once I found the toilet that is behind a curtain in one of the closets. Due to my train was delayed I was late meeting the host, I did inform her the train was delayed when I knew. Once I got to the place she was waiting outside, handed me the key and told me she had to leave and took my taxi that I had arrived in. I went in to the apartment, which is full of their belongings, I could not find the toilet but did not want open up any of the closets at first as it felt I was rooting through their stuff. In the end I had to find a toilet and I found it in the closet. Check in was bad, area is terrible, host not very understanding or hospitable, I would not stay here again or recommend it to anyone.