An okay Airbnb stay. Not the best but not the worst
Good things:
Lovely neighbourhood, safe apartment block, nice bar on the street and close to an excellent pizza takeaway and lots of good food shops and boulangeries.
Sául was a very good communicater and gave us lots of suggestions for local things to do.
Bad things:
The electricity in the apartment is a problem. The fuse tripped at least 10 times while staying at the apartment, turn on the cooker and the fuse blows, turn on a light and the fuse blows. By the time we left, two rooms had no electricity at all.
Saul, whilst a very nice person, did visit the Airbnb on 3 out of our 4 days to pick up personal belongings. He was apologetic, but it felt like he didn't trust us and was visiting to check in. We didn't feel like the stay was very private at all. Whilst this might be a very minor point for others, as we value our privacy we did not feel comfortable with this and felt we could not say no. Usually with Airbnb stays you generally may meet the host on Day 1 and then they stay out of the way.
Overall it is a good apartment if you are looking for a stay in a cool neighbourhood near Canal St Martin but there are issues that need to be sorted that we don't see in other Airbnb apartments.