It's amazing to live right on Blvd Saint-Germain (at walking distance from Notre Dame and Jardin du Luxembourg, and at 30 feet from the Metro Odeon stairs), and yet be in a comfortable place with no traffic noise.
Other pluses:
o The underground bedroom benefits from the light of the window in the staircase, it is *not* a dark cave as we had feared.
o Strong flush in toilet, strong shower in bathroom. Everything works well.
o King size bed thanks to two adjoining double beds.
Here are items that probably will have been fixed by the time you read this:
o We had to rearrange things to get one empty shelf in closets on each side of the bed.
o The carpeting in the bedroom needs some shampooing or replacement
o Major renovation requiring sledge hammers was occurring from 8:30am to 6pm in the apartment above. The only solution was to get out and visit Paris. We don't regret.