Laurent and Audrey's place is BETTER than the pictures! It's bigger, brighter and more lovely in person. The apartment was bright, sparkling clean, and easily accessible. Laurent and his team were responsive throughout the entire process.
We called when we were in the taxi from the airport, and were met within 5 minutes of being dropped off by the taxi. They made accommodations to store our luggage for us upon our early arrival while the apartment was being cleaned.
The location is what originally sold us on this apartment. It's in a great area of Paris with lots of cafes, shops and restaurants nearby, including the iconic Rue Montorgueil. The actual street itself is full of wholesale shops, so there's not much on the street, but around each corner you'll find all you could want - bakeries, drug stores, grocery stores, restaurants, clothes shops, metro stations... As a heads up, around the corner there are a couple of blocks with sex shops, strip clubs and a corner where prostitutes hang out in the evening. However, to avoid, simply pick a different street to walk down. ')
The beds were firm, pillows were comfortable, and there was extra bedding in the closets. They provided us with 2 large towels and 1 hand towel per person, along with typical bathroom amenities - soap, shampoo, conditioner, etc. The closets had plenty of hangers
- more than we used, and there was a drying rack for clothes that were put through the washing machine. We used the pull out sofa in the living room for our two teenage daughters to share. Even with the bed pulled out, there was plenty of space in the living room. It really is larger than the pictures show.
Laurent and Audrey own a few apartments in this building, so it was perfect for our family trip. Our family of 4 stayed in this apartment. My parents stayed in another apartment one floor below us, and my in-laws stayed in a third right across from my parents.
We will definitely look up this apartment again for future trips to Paris!