Review of Paris Apartment
There are several key problems with Mathilda’s Paris apartment that made our 4 night stay difficult. First, although we asked her to e-mail us the codes to get into the building, she did not. Instead, she said that although she would be away when we arrived, someone else would give us the key and knew all about the apartment. We were to phone that person when we arrived, which we did. She agreed to meet us to give us a key about 8 Metro stops away from the apartment. She did not have the code to get into the building or any information about how to deal with the rubbish, etc. She promised to try to get the code and send a phone message soon. We arrived at the flat without a message, so we phoned her. She was still working on getting the code. So we waited on the street, with our luggage for another 30 minutes before we got the code and could enter. By the way, the friend told us the flat was on the top floor, which it was not. By trying the key to several apartments, we found it one floor below. Fortunately, no one seemed home to phone the police thinking someone was trying to break in. There were no written instructions in the flat. We would have appreciated instructions about rubbish, the dish washer and the washing machine.
The Air BNB listing included air conditioning, which we selected because we knew Paris could be hot during early August. To our amazement there was no A/C at all. Only one fan. We contacted AirBNB, which was responsive and we tried together to find another flat with A/C that was comparable to move to, but none were available that we could move to quickly. We had to get another fan to bear the heat in the unit and were semi-comfortable during our stay. Mathilda
clearly misrepresented her amenities.
Another much less serious problem is that there is only one small floor light in the bedroom, which is highly inadequate. For example, we could not read in bed.
Otherwise, the flat is comfortable and has a well equipped kitchen, as well as a balcony overlooking the major road that the flat is located on. There are shops and a good street market nearby and 3 metros in walking distance.