We loved the location and and the layout. The apartment has a beautiful high ceiling with a spiral staircase to bedroom loft, and a wonderful large skylight with automatic shade. Also, a very comfortable bed with very nice bedding with no smell of fragrances. La Pigalle is a fantastic neighborhood with plenty of dining opportunities and a world class boulangerie just around the corner from the apartment. Rue Victor Massé could also be called “The Street of Guitar Shops,” which of course, excited my guitar playing husband. Gaspard is a very responsive host, and all in all we loved the stay, especially as the apartment is air conditioned, a welcome rarity on hot Paris July nights. However, there were a few issues. First, there were workmen in the courtyard repainting the building who started power sanding and such at 8am. We received no advance notice from Gaspard, nor did he acknowledge it when we contacted him, preferring only to address the out of order washing machine. Also, the apartment itself has some maintenance issues, especially the inability to shower without flooding the bathroom. A long handled squeegee is provided to move inches of water that accumulates in the corner as the floor slants away from the drain. This repeated water accumulation has given the bathroom a musty smell. There is also a lovely old claw foot bathtub.