First and foremost, do NOT stay here if you have children. We'd read about the narrow, winding stairs in other reviews before booking our stay, but they were really incredibly narrow, uneven, and unsafe. One portion of one staircase does not have a handrail, and one of our guests slipped and fell down them (thankfully, she is OK).
The main PRO of the flat is the location. It is really central to everything and feels very safe since it is located inside of a gated passage which is closed (they give you the access code) to the public at night. There is a metro station only a block or so away, and it couldn't be easier to get to the Louvre.
The CONS:
- The apartment wasn't very clean upon our arrival. The curtains were filthy, the couch had a bunch hair on it, the "clean" shower towels had hair on them, and there were marks/stains all over the walls.
- There is no light in the upstairs shower/sink area, so it can be difficult to get ready at night.
- There is no trash can in the upstairs bathroom.
- There is only one key to the unit, and it only locks/unlocks from the outside. This became an issue when a portion of our party left and accidentally locked the front door, so the remainder of the group was locked inside and couldn't get out.
- Lastly, the downstairs shower was broken for the entire duration of our stay. The drain is broken and water floods the shower after about two minutes, spilling out onto the bedroom floor. We were SO disappointed when we reported this issue to Raphael and did not even receive a response from him again until he sent the check-out instructions. Incredibly inconvenient to only have one working shower on the top level for a group of people for 5 days.