My husband and I just spent 3 weeks at this apartment. I wish we could endorse it as much as most people did but we cannot. On the positive side, the location was excellent and the apartment was quiet. Michaele was very communicative, welcoming us with treats, giving information on what to do and where to go, and being generally available. She inquired about our safety immediately after the November 13 attacks. Our problem was with the disrepair of the apartment and primarily the lack of cleanliness. The penthouse has great bones. It is adorable and charming. However, there is widespread cracking and peeling of paint, walls are funky with water damage, and some furniture is so decrepit you don't want to get near it. We understand it is expensive and difficult to fix a lot of these things in an old building, but changing the threadbare carpet upstairs would not cost much. What bothered us the most was that there was no evidence of serious cleaning before we arrived. The carpet upstairs had big pieces of stuff on it. The floor downstairs had crumbs, and under the piano there was a thick layer of dust that was very visible. The kitchen counter was not wiped down, especially in the corner areas where there was a dirty fork just sitting in a pile of dust and dirty counter. We are not clean freaks but it felt creepy to be staying in a place that had not been properly cleaned. Perhaps we should have asked for a cleaning person, but we made a decision to just accept it as it was and enjoy our stay in Paris.