The best thing about the apartment was the close proximity to almost everything. This was our fifth vacation rental in France, and fourth in Paris. It was the only disappointment. The area where the apartment is located in a very commercial district, which is perfect for shopping and dining. We were prepared for this- and checked the listing ahead of time to make sure there would be a fan in case we needed to close the windows/ drown out noise. Unfortunately, there was no fan available, and we were told it was broken by the last guests. The sofa bed was broken and unusable. Check in/out was super easy. The noise outside the apartment stayed loud till about 2 AM. There were parties down below. The smoke from below comes into the apartment. Nice sound reducing windows, but not helpful when too hot to close them. (July- Mid September.) The inside of the apartment was dirty. There was trash in the cans, smelly old take away in the fridge, and a layer of grime on the surfaces. Herve offered to send someone over in the middle of the day, but that interfered with our plans. Cleaning should happen before the guests get there. There were no extra sheets, no trash bags, and limited cleaning supplies. We ended up buying a set of sheets and pillows as well as cleaning supplies and trash bags and donated them to the apartment. There was no info book with instructions for taking out the trash, etc.. The apartment would have been so cute if only clean and with better linens and appliances/sofa bed as listed. Even the red bathmats in the bathroom had brown stains. Lots of easy things to fix for improvement!