This tiny studio is right next to Place d’le Opera, so convenient to Metro and in a nice, though crowded area. We were to meet the lady with the keys at 6:15 p.m. but we were informed by the owner she would not be able to meet us till 7:15 p.m., it was not possible to store our luggage, and we would need to wait for one hour for her. The owner kindly refunded €30 to us for the inconvenience. Lydia(the lady who met us - not the owner) arrived exactly as agreed, was very nice and made sure we understood everything.
The bathroom is modern and the shower is quite large. The kitchenette is located in the studio entry hallway, but is still functional. The “authentic wooden floor” is clean but in very poor condition with wide spaces between boards and some soft area. We needed to wear shoes on it at all times.
It was very hot when we were there (last week of June), so we decided to remove the inner duvet from its cover. We found it badly stained. The owner said someone before us had broken a bottle of wine on it. (I hope that is what was, but there seemed to be other stains on it as well.) He told us he “had it professionally cleaned but would be replacing it the next time he came to Paris.”
The studio is just as described, EXCEPT for one thing - the entry area. The pictures shown of the elevator and the hallway in the advertisement are NOT of the entry to this small studio, but for the apartments on floors 1-5. This studio is in the attic on floor 6. There is no elevator access (which the owner honestly states in his description). To get to the studio, you leave the elevator and the nicely painted and carpeted hallways that are pictured. You must go through a badly scared back door into an area where the walls are broken and unfinished. There are many plumbing pipes and bare electric wires hanging down and no carpeting. The walls are very dirty and scratched with beams sticking out that are wrapped in plastic to keep people from hurting their heads on them. After climbing 19 steps, you get to the 6th floor hallway, where there are broken tile floors, badly painted walls and low ceilings with holes in them where you can see up through the roof. Everything in this area needs a good cleaning and redecorating. This is probably not the owners fault, but the nice entry areas shown in the pictures are NOT pictures of this horrible set of 19 steps, hallway and entry area. It was a shocking and very depressing experience and We wondered what we had gotten ourselves in to. Once you get in to the tiny studio, you will find it has very low ceilings, and part of the ceiling even slopes down lower with the attic roof. However, if is fine (just) for two (short) people.
One other very important thing: This tiny studio DOES NOT have air-conditioning. Read the “Amenities” carefully as the owner states this. My mistake! In the summer, you definitely need air-conditioning here. We were here when the weather was between 90 - 100 F (32 - 38 C). It was awful! Because this studio is in the 6th floor attic and there is only one window, it was always stifling. Even when we were home and awake, there was no breeze as there is just one window and buildings all around. (We did talk to other renter of these attic studios, and they had air conditioning. So it is possible.) We did try to open the one window at night, but the traffic in the Opera area is deafening. The owner kindly supplied a small fan, but it didn’t help much. We have an indoor temperature app on our phone, and with the fan going it was about 1 degree less than the outside temperature. The studio did not cool down all night. I would not rent this studio in the summer unless the owner installs air conditioning.
In addition, one day the elevator was broken. (The owner said it was “because it was so hot.”) After a few times up and down the steps, I counted them - 145 steps - a long way, especially in hot weather!
All in all, while as described, (except for 6 floor awful hallway and entryway which is a complete misrepresentation) this is not someplace I would rent again. Be sure and read the list of “Amenities” well. We stayed away as much as possible and got little sleep. It made the trip to Paris very hard on us. We would not recommend this apartment at all, especially in the summer!