Our stay in Guillaume's pied-à-terre was average overall and there are definitely some areas we feel are important to call out for the benefit of future guests.
Pros
• Location, location, location!! 100% loved the neighbourhood and how tucked away from the street it is and how romantic the apartment looks.
• Large kitchen with full amenities
• Washing machine in unit
• Nice, simple design
• The front patio with small table & chairs
Cons
• Zero privacy - the patio is communal to other apartments in the complex (which is busy) and the drapes don't fully pull across so people can see right into your window (living room & bedroom). We had to get creative with ways to "build" our own privacy (not ideal!)
• There's no AC and practically no air flow at all - which also causes the musty smell. Our host told us there was a fan but when we went to pull it out it was unuseable - covered in dust that you would have needed a hose to clean.
• The bathroom is tiny, hot and the shower does NOT meet the hygiene standards for a place with this high of a nightly rate. Period.
• The host made us pay 30 Euro for checking out on a Sunday... we're still unsure why but apparently it was buried in the house rules.
• There is a woman who lives in the complex with a dog that she allows to roam off-leach and it ran at us barking loudly (scary!) at night on 2 separate occasions. This caused a tense, angry & uncomfortable exchange between us.
• Because there's no AC, you have to keep the window (only 1 small one in the entire apartment) open at night which means it can get loud with other guests outside on the patio.
• There's also a school right beside so every morning just before 9am there are loud screaming children for at least 20 mins.
Ultimately, if we'd paid less we wouldn't have been so critical but, because our nightly rate was so high we had expectations that were just not met. I would not recommend this property.