We knew the area around Marie’s apartment from before and like it for it’s ease of access to transportation and for driving in and out of central Paris. There are also lots of wonderful restaurants and shops nearby, including a Saturday market along Rue Condorcet. A small park and playground is less than 5 mins walk away in Square D’Anvers for families.
The apartment is located on a small side street just below the east side of Sacre Couer’s hill. It’s likely a former shop on the ground and lower ground floor, and we found it incredibly well designed and stylishly decorated. Very clean and well maintained.
There is a set of curved metal steps going down to the kitchen and main bathroom. This wasn’t an issue for us but may be an issue for families with children under 5 years old.
There’s one openable window at the top of the front entrance, but the “shop front” is all frosted glass and let in plenty of light.
Downstairs kitchen is very clean and well kept. It had everything we need for simple meals, along with a TV equipped with Netflix and the Wifi router.
Even though there are two bathroom, we only used the larger one below. The two sinks in the bathroom were also helpful for families.
Our only issue came the last night when likely because of the heavy rains, there was a strong sewer smell that came from the bathroom inside the ground floor bedroom. Marie told us it’s because the apartment is in an old building in Paris and the apartment is on the ground floor. The smell was quite overpowering so we had to sleep in the living room sofa bed (which was quite comfortable!), but it was fine for us because it was just for one night.
For parking, we found that we could park on the street for free from 9pm to 9am. Thereafter, we could use the “Pay By Phone” mobile app to pay for parking during the day.
Our thanks to Marie for her quick communications and all her helpful info for our stay!