When I searched on line for a place in the center of Paris and came upon Vincent's place, I couldn't believe that it was real for what he was asking. But, I took a chance and I am glad for it! Vincent's place was exactly as pictured and the description was accurate. Vincent had his cleaning lady meet us upon our arrival to walk us through the place which was very tastefully decorated and spotless. It was a sizeable 4th floor (out of 6) apartment...2 living areas with several seating options, a fairly big kitchen with a big island with barstool seating, a dining area, 2 bedrooms, 2 toilets (separate from bathing area), 2 showers (rainfall showerhead) and a stove. The living room had 4 big windows that opened up nicely onto the small street. There is a restaurant on the ground floor so you can hear the ambient noise from the establishment but it wasn't too loud. What was very annoying though was the obnoxious sounds of people driving and screaming out there car windows circling around the Place de la Madeleine area in the wee hours of Friday night! We had 2 closed two of the living room windows but that didn't help too much since we had the other two opened for air circulation as there was no air conditioning. Thankfully this only happened one night. The location was pretty central with the best (world class, high end luxury) shopping in Paris within a few steps of the apartment! There are two metro stations a few minutes walk away which was great. The Palais Royale, Louvre, Tuileries were about a 15 minute walk and the left bank was about 20 min by Metro. The only small issue I had was I didn't know I was supposed to check out with the cleaning lady. We had an 11am international flight home so I originally told Vincent I'd leave around 8 am but since we were going to take the Metro to the airport, and having learned that the Metro line taking us there was not easy to get to for 2 elderly people, I decided we'd leave early to give us plenty of time to offset potential problems. I didn't realize that I was expected to meet with the cleaning lady until I texted Vincent about how he wanted me to return his keys. Up to this point, I've never had to check out with anyone so it was a surprise to me. In any case, since our departure time was so early, he agreed to let me just go without meeting the cleaning lady. Apart from this minor issue, we had a wonderful time staying at Vincent's and I wouldn't hesitate to rent from him again!