Joel was very kind and enthusiastic. He met me at the Metro station to walk me to the apartment, which was so nice! He pointed out which stands + restaurants along the Rue Mouffetard are for tourists and which are known to be great to locals, which I loved.

I think this place would be good for a couple or some friends in their 20s who want to stay in a cool area.
The apartment, for me, was not what I was looking for, unfortunately. Though it does look "rustic" in the photos, I didn't actually find it to be that clean and it smelled strongly of stale smoke from the fireplace? The remote control to the TV was very grimy and lots of things were covered in dust.
It was very loud in the street below (I should have known it would be, I guess) and since I didn't care for the room, I moved to a hotel. I felt horrible because he's so nice, but the building and apartment are very run down.
Joel let me know once we were in the room that he couldn't get the wifi to work/didn't even know if it worked, which was very important to me, so I decided to fix it for him while I was there. Like I said, I ended up moving to a hotel after the first night and felt good about my move.
I don't want to say you won't like Joel's place. It just wasn't for me and it was very expensive for what it was. Location is great, but again, very noisy. It's a young area and drunk people were screaming and laughing until about 3am. Also, the hallway was very dark and I couldn't find the light switch which made me feel unsafe. Joel showed me the switch when I dropped off the key. The switch is to the right as you go in the front door and there are subsequent switches are on each floor.