Highly recommend this lovely apartment in a non-touristy quartier of Paris. The downstairs bedroom and adjoining bath were very comfortable and despite no window were not claustrophobic. Due to a "skylight" in the first floor, light enters the room from above. In fact, we placed a bathmat over the glass to hide early morning light from the front windows. Although the apartment is on the street, there was little noise at night from traffic or passersby. Garbage trucks do come through though!
Halfway through our stay we had two French friends coming for several nights, and Dominique accommodated this by setting up the living area with two beds and towels. Unfortunately one of the women the night before coming attracted COVID and couldn't join us.....in this crazy COVID world. We were charged an additional fee for the two guests per nights, which worked out well because we didn't have to pay for four persons on the whole stay.
Dominque is very easy to communicate with via email and sends her friendly assistant to help such as when we couldn't get the TV to work.
The apartment is impeccably clean. Don't worry about the printed instructions about being charged for using the white towels to clean shoes, etc. This is common sense! And for anyone who doesn't use AirBnBs, it is typical to take out our own garbage out at the end, wash dishes, etc. Normal cleaning.
It was a bit confusing to check in as we arrived early and wanted to make sure our apartment key worked. You will receive a code to enter the building (keep in mind 4bis apartment is entered from down the street not through the main building.) We used the rotating lock (line up numbers at the top) to store our baggage on the landing until the room was ready but were confused about accessing the apartment key (again, we were early and just wanted to make sure the key worked). Fortunately, the assistant was there getting ready to clean the apartment and helped us. Checking out, the assistant was there again (I think she lives in the building?) and took the apartment key from us. So we never quite figured out the lockbox within the "closet" for retrieving and then storing the key worked. I'm mentioning this because other posters have had the same issue. Fortunately, you can call or email Dominque who seemed to be available at checkin time--- if you are jet lagged and become as confused as us!
The quartier is very non-touristy and has many cafes and restaurants. We found a tapas restaurant and enjoyed a restaurant about 5 minutes walk at end of street, a boulangerie at the other end of the street on the corner, grocery/liquor stores nearby, a small park down the street and the Jardin de Plantes about 15 minutes away. Buses take you to everywhere, and the metro with one change does the same thing. Perfect neighborhood to experience Paris without the tourist crowds.
Bottom line (TMD from this travel writer?): highly recommend the apartment and the quartier. Bon voyage!