The apartment is very spacious and conveniently located on the border of the Bastille and Le Marais making it easy to walk to restaurants and explore the neighborhoods. There is access to a Metro Station within steps of the front door and bus 69 is nearby and goes east and west across the city. There are lots of windows, floor to ceiling that make the apartment very open and airy.
There are two bedrooms: one has a table next to the bed with a lamp which is good for reading in bed but no dresser or closet space to hang clothes; the other has loads of built-in storage space with very little of the space available for use to store clothing as it also stores a plethora of children’s toys and equipment. Also, the second bedroom could use a bedside table. No light is available for reading.
The kitchen includes many of the usual utensils but in in our case the cork crew and the cutting board became broken. The kettle sometimes needed a wiggle on the wiring to get it started - perhaps a hazard. Dishes and glassware were in living room and not convenient. There was no spatula. No extra garbage bags for kitchen can were provided. The kitchen also featured a washing machine and a large refrigerator and freezer. It would have been helpful to have had directions for all appliances. European appliances and icons are significantly different than American appliances. Instructions were needed to operate the electric oven as there was no toaster available. We had hoped that there would be a coffee maker available. The only coffee maker was the espressor pots.
The bathroom is roomy and there are plenty of towels provided. The bath/shower is very challenging especially for senior citizens and not common for Americans. The shower is hand-held and with creativity the shower can be held in one hand to stay warm
Taking trash to the basement required going down narrow stairs - propping open the door with something - the glass in one bin - trash in another then getting back upstairs. We were glad to have the lift to access the 4th floor.
Pascaline, a friend of Sophie-Marie, met us at check-in and was friendly. She shared great tips about the neighborhood. She also arranged a taxi to take us to the airport.
We have rated this accommodation as Okay because there were some awkward things about the apartment. For example, the key to enter the apartment was difficult to operate so once out of the apartment we did not apply the extra lock.