Starting with the good, the location of this apartment cannot be beat. We loved being able to walk to anything we needed easily, and randomly happening upon a great view of the Eiffel Tower every time we turned a new corner. The apartment itself had everything that was listed and looked similar to photos. It was a bit run down, but nothing major. The shower was hot, the appliances all worked, and the building was quiet and other tenants were friendly.
On the not so good side, check in was a nightmare. We were coming in with all of our luggage, and we had to stop at a location about 3/4 of a mile from the apartment to get the keys. That was going to make things difficult to start, but we were ok with it. Then, when I arrived at the location to get the keys, I was told they had a change in plans and had to put the keys at another location, about 1 mile from where the original drop off point was. That was fairly frustrating, but off we went with our bags to the second location. That's where things got worse. Once we were there, the code they gave me to get the keys did not work. After trying for 20 minutes, I reached out via Airbnb messenger, the contact number provided, and Airbnb support for almost an hour before someone got back to me to help. We were left stranded on the street with our bags in the rain for an hour while we waited for anyone to call us back. FINALLY, they gave us the correct code and we got our keys. We walked the 1/2 mile back to the apartment and tried to get in. The main door code was fine. Then we got into a mailbox room and the instructions were to "Open the door to the elevator with the beep". That's it. We had no idea what that meant, so after 15 min of trying everything we could think of, we called again, but no one could help us on the phone. Finally, 30 min later a nice neighbor came in and showed us that the key fob had to be placed in a very specific way against a small circle next to the mailboxes for the door to open. That should have been made much clearer.
When we got to the apartment, we realized the balcony had not been cleaned at all and there were random vacuums and other items left outside, so using the balcony was not really an option. Otherwise, things seemed to be in order except that the washing machine left a horrible odor on anything you tried to wash in it, so we weren't able to use it. No instructions were given on the washer, but we did search the brand and watched a couple videos to make sure it wasn't a problem with settings or detergent, but seemed like we had done everything correctly.
On the day before we left we got our check out instructions which said to take out the trash and leave the keys on a table and pull the door closed behind us. We did that, and left towels we used in the bathroom, and linens we used pulled off the bed. Finally, we did a quick vacuum, but the vacuum didn't really want to suck anything up and there were no other cleaning tools, so we left it as is. Last week, I received a message from the host asking for a five star review. When I said I wasn't comfortable with that, a few days later, I received a bill for extra cleaning. It sited photos with towels on the floor, linens on the bed, and crumbs on the floor. I responded that I would not be paying that since no instructions were given for check out and since I had also already paid a cleaning fee that should have included those items.
Overall, not a great experience. I would not stay there again due to check in/check out issues, but if those were resolved, then the location and value are pretty good for the area.