At first glance this apartment looks lovely. It is in a great location and the apartment looks very cute. However the apartment is very unsafe and uncomfortable
The water in this apartment is contaminated. It comes out clear but if you pour a glass, you will see lots of particulates settle at the bottom and it becomes quite cloudy with lots of white particles. I told Agnes about this and she said it was par for the course for Paris, however, I went to many friends houses and restaurants during my several months in Paris and all of their water runs clean, and I did not see this happen anywhere else. If you wash the counters or anything with the water it dries white and crusty, which shows you how unsanitary it is. We stopped drinking the water, but it also water made our skin break out. The owner just told us to buy bottles of water, but failed to inspect the water or do anything.
While the furniture looks cute, please remember everything in the house is from ikea and is therefore cheap and uncomfortable. If you are visiting for a day or two or are a college student, it won’t bother you because you won’t be in the apartment much. But we tried not to hang out in the apartment too much because of it. The worst thing; however, was the mattress. The ikea mattress is very cheap, thin, and hard. My sister came to visit me and she had to pay to get a hotel because the mattress was so unbearable. I ordered a $90 mattress pad from Amazon to help, so I recommend you do the same, but I really messed up my back.
the apartment is through a courtyard. During the day its pretty but at night it is pitch black and there are no lights. The area is safe so I'm sure it's generally fine but, it is a bit scary especially because men from the retail stores often hang out there.