I met Maira to pick up the keys and get instructions about her place, and drop my bags. She let me come earlier than usual and she seemed like a nice person.
-	In the evening when I came back, I could not get the door opened, the second lock was impossible to turn. A neighbor tried to help me, but with no luck. I called and texted Maira several times and asked her to come, because I had been trying for 1,5 hour. But she didn’t come and didn’t answer my call, only texted. Finally, after frustrating trials, I managed to get the lock opened.
-	When I inspected the apartment more closely, I saw there’s no toilet seat or cover. The bathroom is very small, you can barely close the door. The shower has rusty parts and keeps falling off.
-	The water cooker at the kitchenette stands on a narrow unstable rack. To cook water you have to connect it to a connection cord, which is again connected to another connection cord – they are not long enough. So the water cooker fell off while it was cooking water and it was damaged. I could not repair it so I bought a new water cooker to replace it.
-	When making up the bed on the sofa bed I noticed the sofa has many dirty stains from over the years. The rug underneath is very dirty.
-	After a few days there’s a stench from the bathroom, a smell like from the sewage. (a smell which stays in your belongings after you get home).
I regretted for renting this apartment for 1 week. It maybe ‘cheap’, but it doesn’t make your stay in Paris like a happy one. I stayed on because I know that when you’ve paid with Airbnb company, you don’t get your money back. And I don’t have the budget to pay for another place again. So this is my own decision. I want to warn others before deciding to rent this apartment. I do not recommend it at all.