Positives
- Excellent location in the Marais between Saint Paul and Bastille subway
- Very large apartment by Paris standards
- Lots of windows with natural light
- Very well equipped kitchen
- Large bathroom with great shower
- Very quiet bedroom
- New washer and dryer worked well
- It felt like a real home not an impersonal rental
- Xavier responded quickly to our inquiries
Negatives
- The large windows don't have much of a view as they look out on a small court and narrow alley where the neighbours are only a few meters away. You can almost always be seen by someone unless you keep the blinds closed all the time.
- Some things are a bit worn out. Some light fixtures (e.g. over the dining table) did not work at all no matter which light switches we tried. There were several light switches that did not seem to do anything. About half a dozen bulbs were burned out. The left half of the cook top did not work.
- The second bedroom had an odd smell. We did not need it so we kept the door closed.
- The staircase between the bedrooms/washroom would be difficult for someone with mobility issues
- The heat did not work when we first arrived. Xavier came to turn it on. The main room heat worked for a few days and then stopped working again. The bedroom heat worked the entire time but the switch was loose and you had to play with it to make it work.