Val's place is immaculately clean, beautifully decorated, quiet and cosy. It is small but pretty normal for Paris - 4 of us, 2 adults and 2 kids, spent a very enjoyable long weekend there. It is very close to metro, shops and restaurants and you can see the Eiffel Tower from the balcony - a highlight for the kids when it sparkled at night. Val went out of his way to welcome us, letting us drop our luggage early and even replenishing coffee stores after he realized how fatigued we were following a sleepless night train trip from Nice ... Highly recommended (Val's apartment, that is, NOT the night train ...)