There was a lot to love about this apartment. First, the location was fantastic, right in the heart of district 2. It was within walking distance of so many of the great sites, including the Louvre. There were restaurants and shops abound right outside the door. The immediate area had lots of authentic Asian restaurants, which my son in particular loved since any kind of noodle dish is nirvana to him. Just beyond the bounds of our street, there were several other restaurants with varying cuisine that would satisfy anyone's taste. The apartment was very clean and spacious. It wasn't decorated to the hilt, but in our minds that's probably a a good thing because, in our experience, apartments that are chock full of stuff often are harder to clean between guests. The kitchen was great, with a nice sitting area where we were able to host friends for dinner on our last night. The apartment also had a very good washer and dryer, which we used practically daily since we didn't pack so many clothes. The building was safe and security measures were good. The bathrooms and shower were excellent. There probably were some other cool things I'm forgetting to mention.
That being said, there were a couple of problems. I'll enumerate them here and you can decide if they are relevant to your travels. The first is a pet peeve of mine-- the beds weren't ideal. They were large enough, but in both of the main bedrooms the beds sagged toward the middle just enough to cause you to have to fight rolling into your partner a little. Plus, both beds were a little squeaky, so if you thrash a bit like me during the night, you always are aware of potentially waking your sleeping partner. For the kids, who each took a bed in a separate bedroom and slept alone, the beds were not an issue. Another issue was the A/C. It was extremely hot our week in Paris, and when we got to the apartment it wasn't obvious how to work the A/C (it was off, and there were no instructions). Eventually we found four remotes, of which only one turned on. The remote that turned on seemed to do nothing-- we'd change the settings and couldn't make the actual apartment temperature go up or down. At the point it was 26.5C (80F) in the apartment and it was difficult for us to sleep. We alerted the host of the problem and, I'm not sure why, but it took more than a day for the host to address the issue (so we had one extra night of difficulty sleeping). In the end, it turned out that each main room in the apartment had its own remote and most of the remotes needed new batteries. Once the A/C was on, the apartment cooled and the situation was much better. However, it still was somewhat difficult to change the temp in a room, so we never really did get a handle on how to control the A/C. One night my daughter's bedroom was ice cold and we couldn't change the temp. Very odd, and I'm sure part of this was user error, but even so the results weren't ideal. For the third and final issue, we didn't find out until we arrived that the apartment building was being renovated. The entire building was surrounded by scaffolding and during the hours of 8:00 to 5:00 each day the workers outside were using loud power tools. Sometimes the workers were right outside our bedroom window. Often we would go out in the morning, wear ourselves out sightseeing, and come back to the apartment to rest before going out again in the evening. The resting part was tough to do when someone was running a power sander (or something like it) right outside your bedroom window. Why do I bring this up if it was out of direct control of the host? Well, with any purchase my biggest concern is value. I splurged on this apartment, spending more than I normally would, to give my family a great experience in Paris. If this apartment were 2/3 of the asking price, I might be able to overlook the beds, the A/C, and the construction. But when I pay top money for a place, I expect everything to be close to ideal. We simply didn't get close to ideal conditions in this purchase.