We booked Alexandre’s Paris apartment very late the night before & Alexandre responded quickly the first thing in the morning. Due to Paris peak hour traffic we arrived late but Alexandre was a most gracious host & very friendly. Before he left, Alexandre told us to consider his apartment our home during our stay. This endeared us to enjoy our stay further.
The apartment was a real beauty. Located 2 mins from the Cadet metro station smack bang in the middle of a bustling Parisian suburb surrounded by popular cafes, restaurants and bars. There are also plenty of patisseries within one block and cheaper food options such as Turkish kebab stores & Asian restaurants serving Chinese & Vietnamese providing a lively nightlife late into the night.
Alexandre’s apartment feels freshly renovated with beautiful hardwood floorboards in the living room and stone tiles in the main bedroom. The whole place is very spacious & never felt cramped or small. Although there is no TV to waste away your time there is fast wifi & Alexandre invited us to use his vinyl player & records which was very kind. The apartment has soft lamps creating a great atmosphere during the evenings. There was no aircon however Alexandre suggested we simply open up the floor-to-ceiling windows to let fresh air in. I have to admit, this was fantastic as the cool air coming through at night set a great mood in Paris. We stayed here during early summer & having the apartment naturally cooled was great.
Naturally with all these lovely old French apartments there is no elevator & the climb up 4 levels of wooden stairs was hard since I wouldn’t let my wife do the hard work however even after 3 trips up and down it was a real pleasure to stay in this old Parisian apartment with all its old charm and I wouldn’t exchange it for some modern boring building.
We travelled with a baby & asked Alexandre about where to buy milk & he was kind enough to have ready in the fridge a bottle of milk for our child & details of local convenience stores - such a considerate host.
During our stay, one of the window shutters fell off the window-door & I couldn’t find the piece to re-attach it back. We apologised for this & Alexandre was very gracious and didn’t make us pay for the repair so we thank him for his consideration.
We liked this apartment, our time here & it’s central location so much that we hope Alexandre will have us back when we are next in Paris.