The location of this Airbnb is perfect for getting in and around the city easily. A few mins worth of waking gets you into the metro system. There is no AC in the flat but they do give you fans and you can open all the windows. At night that might be an issue because of the amount of noise going on all night long, however if you can deal with just using the fan it’s fine. It is a large city so noise is to be expected. The flat was extremely clean and had all the amenities you need for a family with children.
The area around the flat is bustling with places to eat and explore. Highly recommend the Nove restaurant if you are a truffle lover.
The check in process was a bit hairy. They will not just provide you a code so you can do self check in. Instead they send someone from a managing company to let you in and show you around. While in theory that can and might usually work, if your flight is coming in early or later you might have issues getting into the flat. My flight got in at 9:30am and I asked about early check in, was told yes and then the managing company’s lady decided she couldn’t come until after 3 (even though check in should have been at two or earlier) that left me (pregnant) my husband and two young children waiting outside the flat in the cold October rain for a few hours with all our luggage. Responses to texts and calls were extremely slow (about one hour waits between texts) between host and me and managing company and me. Also, one of the night we got in later (around 11) and the front door code no longer worked. The emergency number we were given to call was for the same managing company and they closed earlier and we got no response from either the person that let us in or the host until a few hours later. We had to once again wait outside the flat in the COLD Paris rain until around 2am when a neighbor saw us outside and someone got us in. At that point we had contemplated even getting a hotel room. This is completely unacceptable. We should have been given a heads up that the codes change at night and been given the actual code. While on vacation it is expected to come home late.. this shouldn’t have happened.
All in all our stay was pleasant minus the issues mentioned above. I would stay again in this area and in this flat barring these hiccups are fixed.
FYI: be prepared to climb up flights of stairs. There is a washer that works great but you have to hang dry your close. Outside the flat they seem to smoke. If you’re sensitive you might want to consider that even though inside the flat there was NO smell at all and was clean and fresh.