Despite the good location, I knew as soon as I was greeted by Olivier that I would enjoy my stay better in Paris at another AirBnb.
Unfortunately, I was not expecting from previous reviews the level of friendliness or hospitality I received. I was threatened & accused of doing things which I hadn't -for example, he asked me to leave the window open while I showered and to pick up any hair that might come from me (even though there was hair in the shower drain from before I arrived), I did exactly that and he dared tell me that I had done neither of those things, and I am appalled if he expected me to pick hair that was not mine out of the drain and I'm not sure who closed the window after I opened it after my shower, but I'm not a liar and couldn't believe I was being accused of something so silly when he clearly didn't check to make sure it was opened after I had my shower.
I didn't have any prior contact with Olivier, only with Florence, unfortunately there were no reviews of his bad taste in character. If I had been in contact with Olivier prior to booking this AirBnb, I would have chosen somewhere else.
If this was a recent review before I paid to stay here, I would not have chosen this AirBnb so please consider this if you are a solo female traveller. I have been anxious about deciding whether or not to submit this review, I would suspect other guests decide not to be truthful out of fear of Olivier or Florence attacking them for ruining the "superhost" level they have reached.
I was made to submit a personal review at the end of my stay and after reviewing honestly, I felt extremely vulnerable as Olivier threatened me by saying that it will not affect them if I leave a bad review but if they review me I "will be done".
He said if I don't review them they won't review me and even though I don't wish to have any fabricated review on my profile, I don't tolerate adults gaslighting me.
I have been going to AirBnb's since I was a child so I know exactly how they work and have only ever had good experiences. This was my first time using it with my own profile (without my family) and unfortunately I felt too victimised by Olivier to enjoy my experience.
From the beginning, he told me people always want to come back and said over 500 people have stayed and that its much cheaper than a hotel nearby - to me, hospitality overrules price.
Overall, I am disappointed that I had only spoken with Florence beforehand as she seemed lovely, 'Hosted by Florence' definitely misled me.