I spent almost a month at Sonia's appartment and really enjoyed it. The appartment is beautiful, quiet and with lots of light, and it has everything you need for a long stay in the city (washing machine, renovated kitchen, hairdryer, iron...). Yes, as it's explained in the description the flat is on the 6th floor, so you'll need to be fit (specially if you are carrying lots of luggage, which was my case - I survived though ;)

Sonia was very flexible with all of my requests and the day I arrived her lovely friend Stephanie brought some flowers and a welcome baguette to the flat. So, no problems from the organisational point of view.

I also loved living in Belleville, a really lively area with plenty of shops, brasseries, Asian restaurants, and inexpensive bars (if you don't know the area, I can only recommend it!). You can easily walk both to the Canal St Martin area and to Menilmontant, and with the metro you can be in 5 minutes in Republique, which has lots of metro connections (it took me just 15 minutes to get to my language school in metro Bonne Nouvelle).

I really enjoyed my stay and would definitely recommend the place if you are going to Paris!