Unfortunately the host was out of the country on business when we arrived. His mother met us. She showed us around but her english was quite limited. The host was contacted via Skype to clarify a couple of items. The unit was basically as described, however, the street it was on was quite noisy. The problem with this was it was quite hot in Paris during our visit and there was no Air Conditioning or even a fan to help cool things down if you closed the windows to kill the street noise. The unit was close to transit and walking distance to most other attractions; a real bonus. It would have been helpful to have had some transit instructions prior to arrival so we could understand how the transit and taxi's functioned.