This place is a winner!
The location is incredible: 2 minutes to a Franprix supermarket and a metro, and cafes and shopping in the immediate vicinity.
The building is charming and old but very well kept, with wooden stairs leading up to the 5th floor. Big windows look out onto the quiet street. There’s good heating in the living room which we needed during the cold early spring weather.
The bedrooms are on separate floors (one is a loft) so there’s privacy from the other person. The downstairs one has just enough room for the sofa bed, so your belongings will need to be kept tidy or out in the living room (where there’s quite a bit of space). The loft bedroom is low -ceilinged (i could not stand up) and has a little window that looks out onto the rooftops. Its very cozy. It’s a climb up a ladder/stair type thing to get there so you wanna give that room to a more able bodied person.
Overall this place is great value for money, too, and it looks even better in real life than in the pictures!
One inconvenience was only having one key between two of us, which meant having to coordinate or always be together if we wanted to get into the apartment, because there is no lockbox or way to leave it for the other person.
I’d stay here again! Thanks Laurent and Slim, both who were super helpful and responsive.