This is the Paris life everyone wishes they had. As listed, it’s in a prime location, near Rue Montorgueil with all its food shops, boulangeries, etc. that aren’t necessarily the high-end brand stores but accessible and just charming. Walk in another direction and you have a huge shopping mall with a large Fnac store (where I could find English language books) among other things. Line 4 on metro takes you directly to Gare l’Est or Gare du Nord, and from Chatelet les Halles there’s a direct train to CDG. I was traveling frequently, and loved the great access to everything.
I lived here for about 40 days, and I say ‘lived’ because the apartment wasn’t just a place I went to sleep after work. I settled in immediately, walking around the neighborhood in the evening, grocery shopping locally, people watching, taking photos for instagram... :)
At night sounds from the streets below can be heard until very late, but because the street is almost all pedestrian, it’s always a comfortable chatter and never the noise of traffic.
The apartment itself is perfectly sized, and the hosts keep no extra clutter there so you feel like it’s your place. All the appliances are in shape, and it’s clear that they care about the experience they’re hosting. Both Michel and his wife are service professionals, and it shows. It’s also obvious that they themselves are used to staying in top level accommodations. They occasionally sent me texts just to see how I was doing - and when I bought something up it was immediately solved.
Next time in Paris, I would definitely want to stay here again!