Our stay with Claude was wonderful. Claude greeted us at the gate to the apartment building which was lovely. The private room has a bathroom and two balconies which were so pretty to sit and eat our pastries on. The location in Le Marais is amazing. Lots of typical Parisian restaurants, cafe’s and patisserie’s at your doorstop. As Claude lives in the apartment, you do share the same front door, and need to go through her apartment to enter/exit. This was not a problem for us, as Claude was very respectful of our space. The early morning light does come through to the room, but this is fairly standard in Europe and as the room was so quiet, we slept very well on really comfortable beds. Also, standard in Europe is the lack of air conditioning which given the heatwave at the moment could be a problem for some. We kept the balcony doors open to let in some fresh air, so still slept well. The only other thing to note was that there was no fridge, so the water provided was room temperature. We bought cold water each morning when we headed out. Claude also gave us some helpful public transport tips! Overall, our trip to Paris was wonderful and our stay at Claude’s was homely, friendly and I would definitely stay there again.