I’ll start with the good things. It is in a very good location. Right adjacent to Gare Montparnasse and close to several other metro stops and lots of good shopping and dining options within a short walk. Wonderful boulangerie very near. The hosts were responsive to messages and accommodating with arrival and departure times. Didn’t try the tv but the Wi-Fi was strong and the shower good. The apartment is a bit hard to find /access as it is in a giant modern apartment building, but once you figure it out it’s ok.
Now the not so great. The apartment is clearly the hosts’ home, and it was as if they had just gone out for the day rather than preparing to host guests. Every surface and drawer and closet was packed to overflowing. Personal items everywhere. There was no place to put our stuff. There was mail on desks, jewelry on shelves. My son commented, wow they’re really trusting, which I guess is true! Toothbrushes and flossers were left out on the bathroom counter along with (seemingly unwashed) face cloths and dirty sponges (yuck). It wasn’t completely gross though, as the shower, toilet, and sink had been cleaned, and there were fresh towels (as of course is the bare minimum!).
Other than the sink and counter being clean, the kitchen was not very clean. The fridge was dirty, and there were, for example, used / dirty plastic bags in the (already packed to overflowing) drawers, along with tons of opened/partially used food items. There was a little dish with spit out cherry pits in a cupboard (?!?!) , and the coffee pot hadn’t been washed. It was so crammed that it was hard to actually find things. I had taken an airbnb partly to be able to eat in, but the kitchen was so unappetizing that we did not want to cook in it and did not.
There were also not any real instructions — nothing on how to open the outer door for guests, how to operate the tv, and the only advice about the coffee pot was that it was old and finicky so use at your own risk if you can figure it out (written in French and Spanish only).
In the bedrooms, the sheets were fresh, but one had a rip, and one pillow smelled like pee so we couldn’t use it. The double bed is actually two small twins that don’t stay together very well, so not very comfortable.
I did not complain to the host about these issues because I wasn’t sure what they’d do, and I didn’t have time to look for a new place so just decided to live with it — but all in all I would not stay here again.