The TLDR is I would recommend travelers to stay at a place with a real host, because they care about their place and guest experience. 2 of our stays in Paris with agency managed bnbs turn out to be bad experiences.
First of all we didn’t get to even stay at this unit, because very last minute before checkin time, we were told that the previous guest was ill and still in the unit. We were left with only one option to switch to another unit they have in the same area.
This new apartment wasn’t clean when we move in that we basically had to wipe all countertops ourselves. Heater was leaking, and controls out of battery. We gave the feedback to the agency but they didn’t really care.