This place was great overall! I stayed here with my roommate for a month for a study abroad program, and we really enjoyed it.

The pictures are accurate and it was a very comfortable place to stay. Vanessa was great - she gave us a welcome packet that answered all our questions about everything, from how to use the washer to where the metro was. The apartment was very spacious, and it's a real two bedrooms, though the room on the main floor has a curtain for a door. The basement room was nice and private - but it has a low ceiling (about 5'10") and is colder than upstairs even when the heater is working. The sinks for brushing your teeth and stuff are in the upstairs room, which was a little weird and kind of inconvenient because it means less privacy for the person living in the upstairs room. We also had a mouse problem, but I don't know if it was because there was a trash strike and the Seine was rising super high or what, but Vanessa sent an exterminator to promptly get rid of the problem. Vanessa was very prompt in replying to me for any other inquiries I had, as well.

The area was really nice. It's a really quiet and safe residential neighborhood, which was important to us because we're two young girls (there's also a metal security curtain that comes down if you want to feel safer because the apartment used to be a restaurant). The apartment is about a 10-15 minute walk to the metro 4 line (one of the main metro lines), so it's really convenient to go anywhere in Paris. There's also a Franprix (grocery store) close by and a Chinese grocery store on the smaller street (on the right if walking out of the house), as well as great cafes and an awesome kabob eatery.