Where to begin with this place. I am writing this one week after our trip so I am 100% cooled off and not writing in an angry state :)
We enjoyed our time in paris but there were a number of things that could have been much much better in terms of our living arrangements.
Let’s start with the cons because those could be some detrimental factors to some people as they were for us but it was too late to make that decision.
Cons: bathroom smelled. It was sewage smell that would enter when the water would not run. So Leave for a day and it would be absolutely terrible.
Late check in. We were supposed to get early check in, that didn’t occur which I am
Not going to fault them, may have been error or miscommunication. But normal check in at 3. Did not happen until 4pm when our flight had arrived at 10am.
Then once checked in at 5pm cleaning person came to clean, was told that she was only told to clean 5 minutes prior to her arrival. Then they called me asking me to leave the apartment and hang out of the apartment in the 90+ degree paris weather with 2 kids and 1 baby while the last cleaned. I refused to do so. We stayed out of her way and I even helped.
No wifi. Wifi did not work and the smart code had not worked for the previous client and nothing was done. We did not have wifi the entire 4 days and the was one of the only reasons we booked that apartment. My father lost his ability to work and my wife was unable to do two interviews for work. It was unacceptable as this was made aware the day we got there. Nothing attempted to be done until day 3.
Keypad did not work prior to us renting the apartment and that should have been addressed because it works on wifi. That should have been the clue.
Other minor issues.
Broken toilet handle
Broken door knob/lock!!
Broken wooden bar 4x4 inside apartment. Just laid over in corner.
Dirty linens left inside our apartment from previous client the ENTIRE STAY.
Pros:
AC. It was great to have that to get away from historically high paris heat.
Location. Apartment was located easily accessible to restraints, shops, liquor store and even Franprix (grocery store) oh and close to 2 metro stops within 10 min walking distance.
2 bedrooms (3 beds). Very helpful to have with 2 kids, baby and father all staying in the apartment.
Kitchen/fridge/stove!!
3 door security, kind of. A code needed to get into apartment building, 2nd code needed to get into residential side vs “yoga studio” side…and then there was our broken lock.
That’s about all the positives.
If wifi is fixed? Lock is fixed and it’s available in time and clean on time then it might be worth it. In its states right now, it is not worth it.