I wish the details about check in time were available prior to booking. As it happened it was not possible to check in before 3pm and as many international flights, including ours arrived at 5am. We walked for 5 hours around Paris, feeling exhausted after a 30 hours trip and were utterly miserable by the time we arrived at her door. We texted at around 1pm to ask if we could come in early by any chance. No reply. We tried again at 2pm. No reply. To make matters even worse, once 3pm finally arrived we found that the code for the door did not work. After waiting around for almost an hour (by this time we were almost delirious with exhaustion), the host finally replied to tell us that the code had changed! This is not exactly what we call a great check-in experience!
Next, the shower was broken and it took 2 days for the host to send someone to fix it, and ages to even acknowledge our message about it. The shower was mouldy, the internet worked 50% of the time and once again our request for assistance went on more or less on deaf ears, with a message from the host saying that she ws out of town and to figure it out ourselves.. Lastly the place is incredibly noisy and feels like a downright money-making opportunity for the host. There is no effort to welcome you, not even a bit of sugar or some milk in the fridge. It's as cheap as it comes. Rickety bed, rickety furniture, fridge so small you can't even put a bottle of wine in it once it's opened. (There were no wine glasses either). We are not hard to please and have been using Airbnb for years all around the world, always extremely happy no matter the budget. We were also hosts for years and went to great length to make our hosts feel that they were looked after. This host doesn't deserve to call herself a host. Very upset about this stay.