The good: it was a secure, large apartment within walking distance of nearly all the sights we wanted to see. In fact we only needed a cab to sacre-cœur basilica. In fact, the train from the airport was only a 5 min walk away.
The bad: We checked in a bit earlier which we confirmed we could do several weeks before. We were led to an apartment which was not the one we booked and was very dirty. Yeal had a friend let us in and he was clearly surprised were not made aware of the other apartment being out of service and that this apartment was not clean. He arranged to have someone clean it which was accomplished about 4-5 hours later. The cleaning looked like someone just wiped off the surfaces. The rug in the living room was gross, the couch looked soiled and the floors had long dark hairs everywhere. The linens looked clean but smelled like they were cleaned in just water. It was a big step down from the images of the place we were supposed to have which had conveniently struck a “leak” that morning. There was no balcony for people watching with wine and the venetian blinds didn’t actually cover the windows so it ensured early awakening. Beware, she seems like a very dishonest and unreliable host.