Matthieu was absolutely lovely. He made sure everything was explained to us about the apartment and the area. He has very good english too. The apartment itself was as the pictures showed and the shower was super.
The neighbourhood was fantastic with a strong tunisian presence. On Saturday there was a great market only a 2 minute walk away. We felt really safe walking around both during the day and night and loved eating in the places that Matthieu recommended. In particular we ate in La Cantine (Duck was excellent), L'Orillon (French fast food - i.e. gorgeous terrine, cheese, cold meats and houmous), and finally La Cannibale (super dinners)...all of these places were very inexpensive but with a great atmosphere and excellent food.
The bar up the street called Aux Folies was also good fun. The barstaff found my mum's purse and kept it for her until the next day.
Our trip was to give my mum a chance to visit her old haunts when she lived in Paris at age 18 - our stay with Matthieu made it absolutely wonderful. When we "had" to eat in tourist traps - while out seeing the sights - we got to appreciate how lucky we were to have found this apartment and neighbourhood to stay in.