As you can see from the photos, this apartment has some charming features and a modernized kitchen and bathroom. The hall closet is great, with lots of hanging space in the center and built-in shelves and deep drawers at both ends. The apartment is generally quiet. Great water pressure in the shower, and while there is just a little counter space, there are two deep drawers under the sink. The dining room table is the only computer space provided. As you can see, Marina has great decorating taste.
I did not give this apartment a 5 star rating for two reasons: #1, the location, and #2, the kitchen supplies.
The apartment is located near Porte de Saint-Cloud, and it was a long trip to central Paris. I had a friend staying a bit east of the Eiffel Tower, and it took 30 minutes to travel by metro to her. We would often go further east, to the Marais, the new Bourse du Commerce Museum, the Luxembourg Gardens, the St. Germain des Pres area, etc,. and it took me about an hour to get back to the apartment. There is an okay supermarket (Carrefour) very near the apartment, but there are not a lot of interesting shops and restaurants in the immediate neighborhood.. The apartment is very close to the Parc des Princes and Roland Garros stadiums.
The kitchen “coffee pot” is an electric kettle for boiling water and a jar of instant coffee. If I had known, I would have brought coffee cone and filters, but the Airbnb description said there was a coffee pot. It also said there all the things you needed to make dinner, but the knives are 3 inches long; there was no knife for chopping and no bread knife. Marina did not know where I might buy those items, and I eventually found a good selection of home goods at the Monoprix Home in the Passy Plaza on Rue du Passy (La Muette metro). I took the two knives home because they cost 38 euros and I like them. I bought two wine glasses which I left at the apartment, making a total of three. The oven is a combination oven and microwave oven and no instructions were available. I eventually learned how to use the microwave. The refrigerator is good and the freezer works (but didn’t try ice cream). I left a food storage container, also purchased at the Monoprix.
If you go, I recommend the Boulangerie/Patisserie Aux saveurs d'Exelmans, about a 10 minute walk from the apartment. Great baguette tradition, flan, and apricot and apple tartelettes. Also the gentleman at the closest Nicolas (on Avenue de Versailles just south of Exelmans) is very helpful, recommended good wine, and speaks English. Also close to the apartment is the biggest supermarket I’ve ever seen in Paris, which stocks an incredible variety of fresh and packaged food, aisles of wine, and sushi being made on the spot. It is a Carrefour Drive technically located at 1 Av. du Général Sarrail, 75016 but do not follow google maps directions or you will never get there. Walk north to Molitor and make a left (go west) on Molitor. When you arrive at Ave du General Sarrail you will see a large, free-standing Carrefour across the street on the right. It’s about a 15 minute walk from the apartment. I went there to buy the coffee filter that I left in the apartment—it doesn’t have the part that rests on the cup, so you have to hold it.