tl;dr: Andrea is pleasant and checked in every few days. Apartment is conveniently located, clean and has renovated bathrooms. This is a good apartment but should not be an Airbnb Plus.
The main reason we booked an Airbnb Plus was our concern and (bad) experience with cleanness while staying in Paris. Previous reviews on Andrea’s place had high ratings on this aspect. It was clean, but there are some moldy walls in the bedroom, living room and curtains.
I expected an Airbnb Plus in Paris to have a well equipped kitchen and it was far from what I found. As an example, for an apartment that could accommodate up to 6 persons, there were only 3 glasses and a few cups. There were 5 forks and 4 spoons (six if you add the two teaspoons). There are only main course plates (no small/dessert plates). Kettle was extremely dirty and smelly. The list goes on.
Andrea was available, responsive and offered to bring stuff over, but the list was just too much. On our first day I asked for a pot with a lid to cook rice (there were no lids at all!) but the one brought to us the next day had a plastic lid that would melt if used to cook. I just gave up and ended up buying an induction compatible pot at IKEA, as those available in the house are not compatible, it does warm up but if you use for more than 15 minutes, the stove will flash an error message and shut power on that burner. I also bought kitchen towels (there was only one, stained, available), cups, spatula, napkins, paper towel.
The apartment does not match perfectly the photos you see. Walls are red - not blue. Living room and bedrooms are very, very dark, with some bulb lights that are not working. Furniture is different, TV stand doesn’t match either and the one there looked out of a student dorm, not an Airbnb Plus. Rug in the living room is stained and dirty.
We booked this place for 12 days and there was 1 roll of toilet paper in each bathroom for 4 people. There was no shampoo, conditioner nor soap - while not the biggest of issues, that’s on Airbnb Plus’ description of must-haves. There are no wardrobes, just a floor hanger in one of the bedrooms with mismatched laundry-hangers. Drawers in one bedroom were broken and left cornered under the stairs. All these items weren’t a major issue by themselves and wouldn’t justify asking for any changes during our stay, but it adds up to a list of mistakes you don’t expect in an Airbnb Plus, specially for the price per night. Someone reviewed recently and mentioned a hole in a wall, it was still there and that was so weird!
Andrea was nice and checked on us a few times during our stay, but there wasn’t much to say regarding our disappointment and not much either that could have been done to fix all these issues. The apartment is spacious, conveniently located, close to subway station with access to the 4, 8 and 9 lines. Bathroom is renovated, although both showers will run out of hot water after 2 showers, so again not so sure how 6 people would work around it. Heating and insulation worked great, but the apartment’s overall condition is far compared to any of the other Airbnb Pluses we’ve stayed before.