We've been very unlucky with Alex and were thrown by him from the apartment. We have the impression that Alex is a good guy, but not professional at all! I came with my sister to his apartment, and everything was fine and we got a pleasant welcome. He was good to show us around in the apartment and helped us with transport guidens to the center of Paris.
BUT! Unfortunally.. He didn't wanted any heat in his home, so it was VERY cold in the apartment, which I don’t get when it’s December and degrees are around 1-4 degrees. There was only heat at night, and we didn't think that it was okay because we were freezing. Apparently, you sleep in his bed, so when you visit him, he sleeps on the floor in his Livingroom. We didn't feel so comfortable in his neighborhood, but it was okay. But the story about how we were thrown out comes next:
The second day he calls us on the phone, while we were in the center of Paris, and said we had done something to this security thing, we didn’t know anything about. And as already said, he was very good to inform us about everything in his apartment that we should know about, but not this "door security" thing he now apparently had in the door. Then we had to cancel our plans to get to his apartment. When we came there, we saw the issue, but he wasn’t there. Suddenly we see him enter with a saw he just had bought, and he asks for our keys to the apartment and starts to break up this security lock by sewing the lock with the saw, instead of calling a professional. Afterwards he says we must find another place to stay. We were lucky to find a cheap hotel right away where we could stay for the rest of the nights. When we got to the new place, he had made a demand on approximately 100 euros for replacement to the new keylock. So, Alex wanted money for replacement AND money for the full stay (we had paid for 5 nights and we stayed in his apartment for 2). Alex seemed like a different person and we even began to get bad vibes from him when he began to take our keys, break the lock with a saw and say we had to go. So, it has been a very bad experience, but Airbnb took care of it and we got our money back and didn't pay anything. I will from now on be much more critical about which accommodation in the future.