Unfortunately this will be the first bad review I’ve ever done on Airbnb. In my experience, it’s not a place where is possible to have privacy and feel safe and relaxed after a long day working/visiting the city/studying, especially if you’re a girl solo traveller.
The house is well located, I’ve loved the neighbourhood perfectly connected to the city center. I’ve been alone at home for some days because my host was not at home, and that’s the only good point that didn’t make me find another room somewhere else unfortunately.
Now I’m gonna clear point by point my troubles, that I think would help someone in the choice, that are things that I would have liked to have known before booking:
1. The bathroom with the bathtub it’s shared, but what is NOT SPECIFIED in the description is that is located between the host’s room and the rented one by TWO COMMUNICATING DOORS that cannot be locked as none of the rooms in the house except the toilette. This is a completely lack of privacy. The host came in the bathroom while I was NAKED taking a shower without knocking once, than another time (AFTER he came in the bathroom) always without knocking HE CAME IN THE ROOM WHILE I WAS IN THE BED by night. By his point of view it was to airing the bathroom after I took a shower, the bathroom in fact doesn’t have a ventilation system so after just a 5 minutes shower it starts to smell. But the price of that in the mind of the host is to live with doors open with him having complete access to your personal space wherever he wants without even asking for it. Expect that he’s gonna enter in your room also when you’re not there and using this as an excuse. Unfortunately just when I left the house, reading Airbnb’s rules, I’ve found out that also when you’re not there the host has no right to come in your room without permission.
2. It’s not a place to rest if you’re in Paris to work, study or if you’re just tired. He’s gonna make noise until midnight or so watching tv and laughing out loud.
3. Although the place is not too dirty I couldn’t say it’s 100% clean. I had to buy dish soap and a sponge (it was so dirty), and every soap for the cleaning of the house was simply over there was just water in it so it was impossible to even provide by yourself to the basic cleaning of everyday. Also, my sheets (that are the same of the photos) were dirty of blood in the part not visible where you put the feet. It’s provided just a towel so I suggest to bring one from home. Of almost seven days sharing the home (during the weekend I was alone at home) must of the morning I woke up finding his “surprise” in the toilette of the night before, not a good way to start the day in a place that you’ve also paid a lot, not a metro’s toilette.
The location and the light in the room and in the living room are for sure a pro, but in my opinion they are not worth the candle if you are in a house where you do not feel safe and free to have privacy living with the fear that the host might enter in the bathroom while you are naked. I don't need to notify my returns back home and movements to have a minimum of politeness and privacy. For the same price or a little more you can change neighbourhood even not so centric, even choose a hostel, but at least feel more safe.
I don’t think that the host actually know basic rules to be a discreet Airbnb host, even after pointing out and asking for basic privacy rules he’s gonna be all funny and all passive aggressive about it.
My only pro was that for few days I was alone and luckily all the day long I had classes, but after a day out I wanted to rest and not be alarmed, paying by the way almost €600.