While there a few things that should be noted, I had a nice stay at Lise’s place and I’d recommend it.
Positives:
- Communication: Lise has been nice and fairly responsive, trying to make my stay enjoyable.
- Check-in: Lise was kind enough to let me in earlier which was super helpful.
- The place overall is nice and cosy. Probably even better than on the photos. Nice kitchen, Cosy living room, comfy bed.
- Location: while it’s not in the most desirable area of paris (from a touristic standpoint), it’s fairly nice and convenient with several walkable metro and bus stations. Lots of businesses, lovely Buttes Chaumont park and secrétan market nearby.
However it’s worth to note the following:
- while the place was clean overall, the bathroom feels old and should have been cleaner and less dusty. At least the cleaning fee was only €10 but still.
- It was cold in the apartment. According to Lise, the heaters are controlled by the building which hadn’t turned the heaters yet. While it’s pretty common in Paris, it would be good to have a electrical space heaters just to warm the place up sometimes.
- There is no coffee machine in the apartment.
- At night when I’d come home on foot, there were bands of young guys who never bugged me or anything, but it could make some people feel unsafe.