When we arrived at the apartment, the streets were busy and we felt intimidated by the groups of men (10+) standing around and leering at us. Made us feel extremely uncomfortable. Wouldn’t recommend this location for women on their own. The doors are push button lock. We had 3 different codes for 3 different doors. Also, there is no way of second locking the apartment from the inside.
The apartment is small but clean and has some amenities such as iron, coffee machine, cooking utensils. The place can be stuffy so the fan provided was appreciated. It is a short walk to most attractions or metros/buses to visit the city. Unfortunately there were some building works outside the apartment which changed the view of the apartment compared to the initial photos provided on here. This was compensated by 10%.
Joy and Nicolas sent an online booklet about the area and additional information which was useful. I would say it would have been more helpful to have had some written info. as it was not always possible to have internet when walking around Paris.
Joy and Nicholas are fast at responding.
I cannot emphasise enough the intimidation we felt in this area. Had we known this, we would not have booked this airbnb. I read the previous reviews and did not fully anticipate how right they were!