First, the positive: the location is great. The flat is close to Place de la Bastille, with plenty of shops and restaurants. You can walk to Le Marais easily. It is also next to at least 2 metros and various bus lines.
Now, the negatives:
- It is a tiny apartment, about the size of a single car garage. You cannot walk around. You cannot open the bathroom door fully. The bathroom sink is so small; it is almost unusable.
- It is sparsely furnished, not elegant as advertised. The pillows are just more than pieces of clothes, without any stuffing. The sofa is barely usable.
- It is not bright at all. The pictures on Airbnb look much better than the reality.
- The worse thing is the key pickup. At the last minute, after the cancelable period had expired, we were informed to pick up at a store, about 7 minutes of walking from the apartment. It is not a great distance. However, it is almost impossible with luggage in tow on Paris sidewalks. We had to spend extra on taxi to pick up the keys. We were even asked to return the keys to the same store when we leave. However, since we left before the store was opened, we successfully requested to leave the keys in the apartment. If we had known about the key pickup arrangement much in advance, we could have canceled the booking. It is the first time we encountered with such a key pickup arrangement.
In summary, we regretted very much and could not leave soon enough.