Our two week stay in Valery’s apartment should have been better; but construction in the hallways and stairs changed things.
What could be a charming view of rue de Seine was ruined by a construction trailer and port-a-john directly below the apartment windows.
Beginning before 8 am each weekday morning and containing through the day was a constant and loud banging, scraping, chipping and loud conversation.
The hallways and stairway was covered with garbage, construction debris and wet plaster you could not avoid but drag into the apartment. Even with the door closed, the apartment was covered with plaster dust.
Without notice, the water was shut off.
One morning before 7 am, there was a water leak in the hallway immediately outside the apartment door covering the hallway and stairway which continued until the workers arrived closer to 8 am.
One particularly warm day, the AC broke down and when we contacted Valery, he said we didn’t need it and that he would not fix it. (Note that you have to keep the windows closed at night to block out the noise.)
We never met Valery—he had his cleaning person (who spoke no English) great us and he failed to show on the day we left.
When we tried to reach him to address the numerous issues he said he was out of town and unfortunately, was not able to help us. He never stopped by or called during the two weeks we were there even though we implored him to visit to see the conditions.
While this may be a great apartment when the construction is finished (the location is fantastic), Valery’s lack of concern and/or response (and never even advising us of the problem before we arrived) causes us to not recommend this apt. to anyone.