Where to start? .....
- The pluses:
1. the location is nice, a popular street in the 7th arrondissement near shops, restaurants and transportation.
2. This airbnb is near the Eiffel tour, the Seine river and a good start to walks toward many of the Paris touristic sites
- The minuses:
1. The host (and it is not clear who is the host, if it is Antoine or if it is Dany) has very bad communication, edging on being impolite. Upon arrival, we couldn't lock the door from the outside. We called Antoine and he told us that he will not be able to help us as he was 2,000 kilometers away. We tried to explain the problem but he wouldn't listen, continuing to claim that all was fine and that we had a view on the Eiffel tower.... We had to figure out ourselves that you had to badly slam the door when going out to be a able to lock it from the outside. In his effort to find a solution, Antoine followed up with an email accusing me to be looking to get free nights...
2. The apartment is small and it is hard to move if you are four (the max occupancy of the place), especially if you have luggage with you. The bathroom is tiny, does not have a shower (has a bath with no curtain) and it is very inconvenient to take a shower
3. The kitchen is tiny, though well equipped to make coffee, tea or very simple dishes. We were not able to open the kitchen window despite trying multiple times.
4. the apartment needs a complete refresh, the hardwood floor is really old, makes noises and we spotted three nails (in areas where you expect people to walk) that were popping up. Several windows were hard to open/close completely. The bathroom is really tiny and not very functional.
5. the elevator was really small and could hardly take more than one person. It is useful though to bring up and down the luggages.
All in all, this was a very poor experience. Our first of this kind at Airbnb sites.