Our host's Aunt Elaheh warmly met us at the loft with the key, helped us with our luggage and gave us the overview of the facilities. It was a small efficiency loft on the their 2nd but our 3rd floor reached by a set of 16th Century winding back stairs which are uneven and narrow. My wife fell twice on the stairs and I did once so we are still carrying the bruises from our clumsiness. The loft is clean and modern; comfortable and best of all is in a great location. We've gotten to know the neighborhood and neighbors and enjoyed both. We would book it again but would bring less luggage (we were on a River Cruise first on this trip) . It is not air-conditioned but we had great weather
and left the windows open and used the fan when it warmed up
during the day. Overall it was a great experience and much of it was due to our stay on the Ile St Louis. Did I mention how great the location was? By the way, there are great bread, grocery, wine, cheese and meat shops within a block or two. The cathedral music across the street added to the ambiance along with the bells at noon and other times during the day. It is very safe as there is an elementary school attached to the cathedral. It was quiet with the windows open and there are plenty of cafes and brasseries on the island as well. Just across the bridge to Le Marais to the north and the Latin Quarter to the south. Rue St Germaine crosses the island to the east and is a wonderful stroll to Montparnasse. Walk the Quai over to the Musee d'Orsay and to the Louvre. We walked up to the Pont Des Arts and attached a lock on the railing and threw the keys into the Seine. Voila! Quell perfect!
On a side note, one of the boutiques asked my wife to come back for a photo shoot the next day to model some merchandise for their web site! So I went to Paris with my wife and came home with a Paris fashion model. How perfect is that!!!