We really enjoyed our time in Paris. There were a lot of great things about Valerie's place. She had the apartment furnished well. The kitchen was excellent. She had so many amenities, and even offered for us to use any of her food that was there. Loved having the Nespresso machine! Also, there was a dishwasher, a clothes washer, a fridge and freezer. Valerie was accessible by phone or email. I emailed her with questions a few times, and she responded quickly. :-) Thank you for that!
The apartment was in a great location. Very short walk to the metro, a five minute walk to the hop-on-hop-off bus near Notre Dame, and the same distance to many of the small, quaint restaurants and souvenir shops. There was a small grocery store just across the street, which was very convenient for us to get coffee pods and other food/drink items.
We did have a couple of issues though. The first was that there was no place to hang clothes and no drawers available to fold clothes and store them, so we were left to live out of our suitcases. All the closets and drawers were filled with the host's personal items. Secondly, the wi-fi, while it worked, was not very good, and we couldn't stream any movies.
Other things to note about our stay. There are a lot of winding stairs to get up to the apartment. We did know this ahead of time, so it was no surprise, but it was difficult to get our heavy luggage up/down. Just a heads up to others. Also, we arrived during a heat wave, with temperatures about 20 degrees fahrenheit above normal. There were a couple of small portable evaporative coolers in the apartment, but they couldn't help much against that heat. Also, no windows to open in the bedroom that was upstairs. Due to the heat, I couldn't get to sleep until 2 or 3 in the morning. I realize that A/C is not common in Paris, because it is seldom needed, but we just came at a bad time for such heat. Obviously the heat was not the host's fault, so I am not blaming her.
Overall, I really enjoyed my stay at this apartment, and would be glad to stay again (hopefully during cooler weather).