Anne Sophie was a pure joy to work with from the day I booked our stay!
I was bringing my daughter to Paris for the first time and I wanted to be in a central location. Anne Sophie‘s place was just perfect!
Being an Airbnb host myself, I thought it would be helpful to point out all aspects, both the pros and the cons.
PROS:
- Beautiful flat in a much desired area.
-Anne Sophie was lovely! She made everything in her apartment available to us, down to the tea! She was very friendly and warm. Checked in on us often and offered many suggestions on what to do around Paris. Honestly, the BEST HOST EVER!
-The flat is in a very safe building with sweet & friendly front desk security men monitoring the lobby 24/7. We had no concerns with our safety during our stay.
-Absolutely beautiful balcony! This is one of the main reasons we booked our stay here.
-Washer/Dryer in the unit was a godsend! Also equipped with a dishwasher.
-The unit has umbrellas, portable fan, coffee maker, kettle. Anything you may need!
CONS:
-Upon our arrival, we hit a massive heatwave in Paris. Our first day was 105° and when we took a shower, it was only hot water coming out. NO cold water whatsoever in the entire unit. It made taking showers in that extreme blistering heat especially grueling and difficult. I told Anne Sophie about this on our last day because I thought that maybe I wasn’t using the shower features properly, but she told me that there’s an issue with the building. I only wish she had told us about this malfunction prior to our stay because showers were very uncomfortable and challenging in Paris’ extreme heat!
-No AC in unit. We used the small portable fan continuously, but it didn’t seem to help.
-If you want a quiet neighborhood, unfortunately this beautiful flat may make that challenging.
A few issues to point out why:
*Construction noise outside window early every morning with construction men constantly screaming to each other in the building parallel to the apartment.
*On our first night we were woken up to extreme screaming and yelling between a couple arguing in the street under our apartment building that lasted for almost 30 minutes nonstop. When I went on the balcony to see what was happening, I noticed many other neighbors were looking to see what the clamor was all about. Needless to say, this is a very active neighborhood at night!
*There is a nightclub on the ground level right next to the building where people leave the club between 5:45-6AM and continue to scream and yell for almost an hour outside on the streets. Unfortunately this occurred three nights in a row, waking us up. Sadly, it was difficult to get a good night’s sleep during our stay.
*The patio windows are right next to the sofa bed and you aren’t able to open and close them once the sofa bed is open. So we kept them open during our entire stay to get some breeze flowing during the heatwave. But the downside was we had to deal with all the noise that was occurring.
Anne Sophie did say she is working with the building to have the hot water issue fixed and to get AC for the unit. Also she said what she would change the windows. Once all the above are addressed and fixed, this flat will be flawless!
The highlight of our stay was Anne Sophie herself. She is one in a million hostess!