This is a terrific place to stay, and Alain is a wonderful host. The room on offer is big, comfortable, stylish, and full of interesting art, books, films, and the like. There's a great view, which includes about 1/5 of the Eiffel Tower. The apartment is in a nice, safe-seeming part of the city and just across the street from a metro station. As for Alain: he's a most gracious, cultured fellow, and he couldn't have been more hospitable. He went out of his way to accomodate my very late arrival the first night and provided excellent coffee, orange juice, and an outlay of good pastry every morning. It might also be worth mentioning that although the listing emphasizes how welcome gay visitors are, there's no good reason for a non-homophobic straight guest to feel less than perfectly comfortable here.