My friend and I were excited to go to Paris on a budget for the first time and we were met by Fred who was very friendly and communicated very well with us before and upon arrival.
There was unfortunately a strong smell of weed in the apartment, and indeed Fred openly was taking out some weed within minutes of meeting us. The room was under renovation, so the floor was very dusty and not as shown in the photos in the listing. However the rest of the apartment was very clean and maintained daily by Fred. At night, it was quite hard to sleep given that the bed squeaked and that Fred was separated from us by only a curtain (of course this isn’t stated on the listing) - perhaps a door would be more suitable. It’s probably not suitable from a young woman’s perspective to go there alone as there are no locks on the bathroom either.
However, Fred himself was very friendly, gave some great recommendations, and was very lenient with check in/check out times. He also ensured that we were ok throughout the day. The location of the apartment was excellent, given Bastille metro station was so close, and we filled out 4 days with many tourist attractions, all of which were easily accessible. Also, his cat Yupi was very cute!