My mom, boyfriend, and I booked this stay for 8 nights- as my mom was flying into Paris from the USA to support me. I was having an outpatient medical procedure in Paris and we wanted a quiet place in a great neighborhood to work from home, enjoy meals together, and relax. It was seemingly perfect until after we checked in, and realized there was massive construction going on in the apartment above us.
The drilling and hammering was all day long, and way to loud to work, rest, or speak to each other properly. Our little dog was constantly terrified of the abrasive, overwhelmingly loud noise. When we realized how stressful the noise was, we were given the option of cancelling our reservation (after we had settled in).
Due to the fact that my surgery was the following morning and we had many things to do to prepare beforehand, it seemed impossible and highly stressful to find another suitable place to stay immediately—- and then move all of our stuff and our dog (my partner had not arrived yet so it would have been me and my elderly mother re-packing and moving everything again).
The owner of the flat was nice to come and help ”resolve” the situation. He ended up speaking with the workers upstairs who agreed to not drill for one planned work day (the day of the surgery) and then only between 10-12 and 2-4 pm the other days we were there.
The construction absolutely did not follow what was said about the hours for loud work. After the day of rest it started again full-on, and lasted from the early morning to the evening (almost every day of our stay except Saturday and Sunday). We woke up every morning to loud banging and drilling. This added SO much stress to our very expensive trip, and we were looking forward to some peace and quiet while there.
Even if I had not been recovering from surgery - it was still impossible to relax with how loud it was. My mom and partner could not work from home effectively as planned. We feel like we were scammed, because we were not made aware of this construction before booking, after booking, or while checking in.
The apartment is in a great neighborhood and spacious. But you should know it was VERY cold, and we were told to not change the heat settings. My mom wore her winter jacket inside the whole time. Above all we found it dirty, and not worth the price at all- especially with the noise. It would be a very nice gesture if we got some of our money back for being deceived.