Amazing views, beware of owner!
My boyfriend and I were traveling around Europe for a few weeks and were very excited to stay at Francoise's place. It is very expensive but the views looked unbeatable. We were traveling from London to Paris and had to take a train, bus, and navigate a new city in order to get there. As true for most, we did not have a cell plan that worked abroad, therefore we needed wifi to check texts and emails.
Francoise was traveling in another country and therefore was having her maid "Daisy" meet us to let us in the apartment. We gave her an estimated arrival time letting her know that we had a long day of travel ahead. Our train ended up arriving late (which we communicated with Daisy) and then it took us more time than expected to find the appropriate bus, and there was a lot of traffic.
We finally arrived! an hour later than expected, but were so excited to finally be in Paris! We were let in the apartment and apologized for being a little late, as complications often arrive when traveling! Francoise called Daisy and asked to talk to us...she than began screaming at us, saying how angry she was for us arriving late and making Daisy wait, and demanded we pay her 60 Euros. She screamed for 10 minutes saying how rude we were and threatened to cancel the reservation. After the phone call we payed daisy, apologized again, and WOAH what a weird start to our stay in Paris.... we decided to move on and began unpacking. A few hours later we got an email form Air bnb saying the host wanted to "cancel the reservation" and then shortly after got another email that she changed her mind.. YIKES!
Overall we enjoyed the stay, the place was great/clean/ and had everything you would need. But for the amount of $ we were paying to stay there, it was quite a disappointment to have to deal with such a rude host. The water was also shut off for an entire day, which was probably not the fault of the host but quite ridiculous when paying $400+ a night and not being able to shower/use the restroom.
best of luck if you decide to stay here! just beware of the expectations and inflexibility