The apartment itself is run down at best. The most negative experience was seeing his son Max suddenly walk into the apartment. He was nice to us, but we thought we had the full place for ourselves (as it was advertised), and this is not entirely true.
The location is great (walking distance to Canal St. Martin and Place De la Republique), in a nice and vibrant neighbourhood. Laurent is very responsive and he was extremely flexible to accommodate our check-in/check-out needs.