We stayed at this apartment for 1 week in August. Here's a breakdown of the positives and negatives:
Positives:
* LOCATION. This apartment is extremely well located. It is in the 1st ARR, with lots of stores, restaurants, close to several metro stations, close to the Louvre etc. You can just go downstairs and eat at one of the several cute restaurants that are on the street. In addition to all that, the apartment is a little removed from all the busy streets, as it is located in a sort of a plaza with very little traffic. The location was superb.
* COMMUNICATION: I dealt with Stephanie who I believe works for the property management company. She was fantastic! Although we did not get to meet as we checked in in the middle of the night, she was always very responsive and pleasant.
* CLEANLINESS: The apartment was impeccably clean.
* INTERIOR: the kitchen/living room area was super cute and renovated. The kitchen was my favorite part, and it had everything you need. It also has a washer/dryer (all in 1) which was super convenient. The apartment has 2 bedrooms, and although the second bedroom is tiny, it has its own shower (inside the bedroom) and a 1/2 bathroom right outside.
Negatives:
* NOISE: This was to me a huge disappointment and I wish it had been disclosed. There's a Juice place right below the apartment who plays very loud music all day starting as early as 7:30-7:45am every day! You can hear the music from the master bedroom which makes it very difficult not to wake up. I could not sleep past that time even with earplugs on. Had I known about this, I wouldn't have booked this apartment, despite all its positives. Unfortunately I missed reading about this in other people's reviews.
* MOUSE: half through our week there we saw a mouse running around the living room and hiding under the couch. I personally have huge phobia to mice/rats so, unfortunately, this ruined the rest of my stay. Although Stephanie was very responsive and the very next morning she came by with the working man to try to find the mouse and place traps, they could not find it and I could not enjoy the rest of my stay. If you don't mind living with a mouse then this should not affect you.
* BATHROOM ITEMS: I have never stayed at an Airbnb outside the United States so maybe my expectations are off, but the bathrooms did not have any shampoo, conditioner, or bath soap. Also, it only had 2 rolls of toilet paper for the 2 of us for the whole week, so we had to run to the store to get all those supplies. Maybe I am used to the Airbnb's in the U.S. that come with all that.
* HOMELESS WOMAN: Please be aware there is a homeless woman who sleeps on the street, right by the building front door, and who is not very friendly to tourists. We heard her screaming "I miss the French" a few times (since we were there in August when the French leave Paris) and she gave us a few stinky looks when we walked by. We got a little scared to be honest. She literally camps (she has her tent) on the street, a few steps from the front door of the building and some days she hangs out there all day and sometimes she does not. Who knows, she might be harmless, but just be aware.