The street is really busy with chinese restaurants and markets, but it is very dirty (really) and noisy.
It is definitely not a kids-friendly region
Also, if you expect the “charming” or “romantic” Paris, this is not the region for you. Would characterize the area as “exotic”.
No parking nowhere to find nearby.
There are public parking lots at ~ 1 km from the building.
The apartment is really big, lot of space, for 2 families. The Kitchen (s) is (are) well furbished with everything one may need.
There is wifi (super good), and netflix and amazon prime on the tv.
Washing machine and dryer and dishwasher are very good!
Unfortunately there is a lot of old furniture, old stuff around, really reallly cluttered and the old things, plus old rugs, etc means a lot of dust…. The floors were not really very clean. The rooms to the rear part smelled old/as they were closed for a long time….And all that is also not ok if you have toddlers walking around.
We were surprised with the fact that the house has a cat. She is quiet, friendly, simpa. But if you are not willing to spend time cleaning the cat litter, or if you have someone with serious allergy (our case), this is something I would like to have been warned in advance. We could manage the allergy with medication, otherwise we would have to cut our stay short or change places.
Finally, the building is quiet, neighbors do not disturb and you even do not notice the busy street. We had good nights of sleep.