We had a great stay in Nicolas's apartment. The wrap-around balcony is amazing (there were french doors that open onto it from virtually every room and it was a wonderful place to sip wine in the evening or coffee in the morning), it's in a fantastic location (walkable to Bastille, Le Marais, Canal Saint Martin and the restaurants on Oberkampf), it was great to have a full kitchen, and the whole apartment is quite spacious. I know other reviews have mentioned how small the elevator is, but we loved how quaint it was and were just grateful to have the option of not having to walk up five flights of stairs after a full day of walking around Paris. The wifi was a little slow and occasionally unreliable (not an issue for email, but it made watching movies on iTunes or Netflix a bit fraught). The only other (minor) comment is the furniture (in particular the couches) could use some updating. It's fine but it would be nice to put it in line with the otherwise high quality level of everything else the apartment offers.