The location was central, 20 min walk to Champ Ellysis, 5 minutes to the metro station, a carrefour across the street.
The apartment was smart & spacious, being on the top floor it was bright and generally away from lower street traffic noise.
The host was not available for check-in and were escorted into the apartment through his friend, who was polite and helpful, showed us the apartment, and pointed out that one shower was malfunctioning (were asked not to use it) and the washing machine was out of order, with promises that the washing machine shall be fixed by the host (or he shall arrange to have our laundry done)
Unfortunately over the four days, the master bedroom toilet flush also became an issue, a weak flushing system meant repeated flushes over the entire day would then only clear up - in effect this toilet bowl was marked as unusable as well. Two adults and three kids, using the toilet bowl of one bathroom and the shower of the other meant a serious juggling act.
We requested the host to have this fixed, but it seems we never had a chance to even meet. Combined with a non functioning Washing machine it also added to our frustration, Second day we tried to schedule a rendezvous, but the host was out of the city, flying into Paris in the afternoon. Third day the only time he was available 3pm which was smack in between our Tour de'Paris exploration, he couldn't come earlier or later (as he was at some construction project) the fourth day we tried to meetup at 8pm, despite having our local cell number he chose to message on the airbnb app, which we saw 8-10 min, immediately responded saying we were nearby, but i believe he may have left and saw our message an hour later by then he was too far away to meet us. We end up paying for our own laundry at the Laundromat on the fourth day. Fifth day departure, we left the keys on the table as per his instructions, so we were never able to interact with our host, maybe even allowing him to help solve some of the pressing local issues that we were having.
Our stay was good, loved the overall feel of the apartment, had if the toilet, washing machine and shower had not acted up, we may have just been raving fans, but traveling with three kids - with one working toilet (one busted), one shower (the other busted) and no washing machine seemed like a sore thumb. We still enjoyed Paris, but the airbnb experience felt much to be desired - we still rate this 3/5