Melanie was very through in her communication! She provided an email booklet that went over all the details of the apartment and neighborhood before arriving. We had a late flight into Paris and Melanie arranged for her neighbor to greet us. There was no one to go over the apartment with us so had to figure out how to use the washer, dryer, microwave etc. on our own. Things do work differently in Europe than they do in the US. It was no big deal and we managed! This is truly their family home so you will find their belongings etc...again, not a negative just being informative. The neighborhood is lovely with many bistros, cafes, pharmacies and markets. The Metro is about a 6 min walk and it takes about 40-45 mins to get into the center of Paris. We did use Uber several times and we were glad that Paris had Uber! The fares were reasonable.
The 2 bedrooms, toilet and shower are downstairs. The 2 bedrooms do have individual AC units. The upstairs, which includes the living area, kitchen, dining room and bedroom are not air conditioned. We were fortunate that we had a couple of cool days but the last 2 days it was in the 80's and it did get very warm upstairs even with the windows open.
Thank you Melanie for hosting us!