I have lived in Paris before and therefore was already familiar with the city, but I fell in love with it all over again this visit, in part thanks to Yoann's adorable apartment! Although the photos were accurate, they don't quite do the place justice! I was very pleasantly surprised by certain details that I wasn't able to discern in the pictures: 1) how recently renovated the entire place is (new windows, new floors, fresh paint); 2) how charming the common areas of the building are (stained glass doors, colorful tiles on the floor, doors painted ruby red); 3) how sparkling clean everything was; 4) how cleverly the apartment is designed to maximize space; 5) how much light floods the apartment when you're lucky enough to get some Parisian sun - it's actually got triple exposure from the living room windows, the bedroom windows and a small high window in the entrance hallway across from the bedroom; 6) high-end amenities like a towel warmer (also helpful for drying off damp coats and scarves when you get caught in the rain) and a rain-head shower; 7) how comfy the bed is; 8) how charming and interesting the neighborhood is; and 9) that VIEW!! Yes, you can see there is a nice view in the photos, but you can't see it from every angle, and it's awesome. And rare to find in Paris! Normally I would hate a 5th floor walk-up, but as someone else commented, you find you don't mind so much when in return for your trouble you get a lovely view and lots of light. The only negative for me during my stay was that, although the check-in and check-out went smoothly, I found both rather stressful. Yoann hires a service called BnBSitter, where some other person handles guests' arrivals and departure. The great thing about the service is that the BnB Sitter helped me get my luggage up and down those 5 flights of stairs! But what wasn't so great was that the "Sitter" didn't contact me with his/her contact info until the last minute, and for both the check-in and check-out it was not clear if s/he would arrive when I needed him/her to. My flight to Paris was delayed several hours, which I understand is an inconvenience, but they need to have a system in place that doesn't require the guest in that situation to be potentially locked out for hours, especially when the delay is not the guest's fault. Similarly, for the check-out I needed to leave earlier than I'd originally thought, which normally is never a problem with AirBnB, but was in this case, since the Sitter was incommunicado for several hours the day before my check-out and when she finally got in touch only said she'd "try" to arrive on time. When you have a train/plane to catch, that's not exactly reassuring! The good news is that in both instances the Sitter actually DID show up on time and I didn't end up...