Etienne is a very charming, warm and welcoming host. He is responsive to any inquiries with a generous nature, is fun to talk to, and speaks English very well if your French is rusty. The property is exactly as pictured with a very good feeling of space downstairs and two quiet bedrooms upstairs. If anything, the apartment is larger than expected from the photographs. The apartment is immaculate and the decor is simple but comfortable. The apartment is away from the street in a courtyard so that you don't hear any street noise and the feeling is of being very safe. The neighborhood is filled with restaurants, stores, bookstores, specialty shops - and is not particularly a tourist area so you feel close to Parisian daily life.