Host was hard to contact to ask questions of during two weeks prior to our arrive. The apartment was everything we had hoped for. All items worked except the dish washer. Fridge, lights, and fully stocked kitchen.
The location is about 30 minutes from the Paris center by metro. No problem using the metro. The neighborhood is an ethnically mixed area. The neighborhood streets were noisy at night and dirty, trash strewn all around in the streets.