Several issues with the management of the apartment that shadowed our stay, even though the apartment had a lot of potential.
The bad:
- Check in did NOT happen with a smart lock but I needed to go to a "key holding service" to get the keys 6 minutes away. At check-in time, the keys were not at the mentioned service, and after trying to call the owners of the place and being put on hold for more than 30 minutes, I was finally able to speak to a person and arrange a key drop-off at the Airbnb. We only managed to enter the Airbnb 40 minutes after the agreed upon check-in time.
- We were only given one key which is not acceptable for an apartment for 6 people. We were 3 different people that sometimes wanted to do different things in Paris and it was very much annoying to have to coordinate meeting with the only key to the apartment. Ideally we would be given 1 key per "party" within the apartment - aka 2 or 3 keys to the apartment.
- The place had too few glasses, cups and we had to buy our own wine glasses (only 2 champagne flutes were present, for a 6 people apartment). The coffee machine looked like it was missing a piece so we did not try to use it.
- The sheets on the bed were flat sheets instead of fitted sheets so we had to redo the bed fully every morning as the sheet would leave the corners of the bed.
The good:
- Amazing central location, great decoration, great apartment layout and calm street overall. I would recommend some ear plugs against morning noises but that's just Paris
- Good amenities, good quality sheets and towels, good cupboard space & hangers in the cupboards
- TVs in every room, great showers (though we didn't figure out how to use the rain shower until the last day, a guide would have been helpful)