The apartment is bright, relatively spacious and located in a nice neighbourhood. The views from both the living room (balcony with street view) and bedroom (a large open space bordered by the backs of other buildings) are pleasant. However, the apartment has seen better days. For example, there is a half meter hole in the kitchen ceiling, one of the balcony chairs has a broken slat, a curtain rail is missing from one of the bedroom windows, the towels are well used, and the bed is not one you would want to sleep on for more than a few days. While each of these on their own would not be an issue they are all symptomatic of an apartment that needs attention. If a friend let you stay here while visiting Paris you would think it was great, but if you are paying good money the standard should be higher (and I have stayed in significantly better and cheaper apartments in similarly central parts of Paris). Further, the host's son was 40 minutes late meeting us at the apartment (with almost no apology) and while the host sincerely apologised the following day, 40 minutes is a long time to be kept waiting after a day of travelling. Finally, on the last night, when trying to work out the logistics of our onward travel, the wifi stopped working (for all three of our devices). Seemingly this might be a recurring problem since there is a backup wifi, which also didn't work. There is a fine line between old-world charm and just old but this apartment teeters towards the latter.