My boyfriend and I stayed at Benjamin’s for only one night, because we had to travel elsewhere early in the morning. The apartment itself was all right and the room was clean and left enough room for our luggage. We could even spot the tip of the Eiffeltower from our room. The location was perfect for us, because we had to take a train from Gare de l‘Est the next morning. From the apartment (including the many stairs) it took us only about 5 minutes to go to the train station.
Unfortunately, the communication for the check-in wasn’t very good. We arrived in the evening, which we also communicated with Benjamin, him saying that the time was fine. But when we arrived at the apartment door, no one answered and we couldn’t reach Benjamin as well. Eventually his flat mate came home and let us in. Apparently, he forgot that he was supposed to let us in. He was very nice though and showed us everything. Two hours later, when the flat mate was already in bed and we also were about to, the door rang again. We waited for the flat mate to open it, but he didn’t, so we eventually did. There were two more Airbnb guests who couldn’t reach Benjamin as well. So we basically did the check-in for them and showed them everything. It was okay for us to do that, but it would be nicer if the communication was better because it could have also easily happened that neither them or us would have gotten into the apartment. There even is a key box at the front door, it would probably be helpful, if the code was given to the guests beforehand.
All in all, the apartment and the room itself were fine, we were just disappointed with the communication and hope, that that’s not usually the case.