This is a nice flat but a mixed review of our experience...
Good stuff about this flat:
- Location is excellent: near Notre Dame, transportation, good restaurants and shops
- Neighborhood is very nice and quiet.
- Layout of studio is functional and spacious.
- Kitchen is well-appointed with lots of basics: spices, oil and vinegar, etc. Good selection of pots and pans so it was possible to cook, rather than just microwave pre-prepared food.
- Heaters worked well and the flat was cozy.
Things that could be improved:
- Sufficient linens: we had three in our party but had only two bath towels and one hand towel. There were extra pillows in the cabinet, but no pillowcases for those pillows.
- Smell of cigarettes in closets (yuck)
- Need four working chairs for dining table.
- Noise. Despite very quiet neighborhood, there was a flat being renovated so hammering, sanding, and drilling sounds started at 8 am and lasted til 7 pm each day. The upstairs neighbor (an elderly woman) turned the t.v. on at 7:30 am and kept it on all day until late in the evening (very annoying). I know this is out of the host's control, but a little heads up might have helped with our expectations.
- Some fuses were blown at the start of our stay and although we found the fuse box and threw all of the switches, three outlets in the kitchen did not work and we did not have a refrigerator during the entirety of our stay. Fortunately it was cold so we stored food on the windowsills. Host was out of town, so having someone in town to address this issue would have been better.
- Place needed dusting and other basic cleanup. There were a pair of used ear plugs on the window ledge and a worm of some sort in a kitchen cabinet.