Our stay at Susie's apartment was for a period of 24-days in her Le Marais apartment during Paris' peak tourist season of August. Overall the stay was satisfying until you accepted the following:
Positives:
- great location
walking distances to major sites (between 10-45-minutes)
- great park we walked by everyday (Place de Vosges)
- lots of restaurants including a fantastic boulangerie up the street
Negatives:
- zero closet storage for our extended stay in either bedrooms, the four of us lived out of our suitcases for 24-days, as closets were repurposed for her personal storage
- we were assured the second bedroom would accommodate our two children (9 and 11) but made due with a blow-up mattress she offered which took over 99% of the room combined with single bed
- her hallway closet is packed with her clothing, linen, hand bags, and other personal items
- kitchen was acceptable, however, is stocked with her own partially used items in the fridge, freezer and cupboards
Even with these inconveniences, we made an effort to make her apartment work to have a fantastic time in Paris. We've been traveling close to a year at other AirBNBs around the world and never encountered this situation before.
At time of departure, her cleaning ladies reported we left the apartment in "disarray" resulting in extra sweeping (dust balls, stove top water marks, carpet vacuuming, dust on fireplace metal box) and bath tub scrubbing by them. Our stay was for more than 3-weeks and not once did we see cleaners come into her apartment. Susie's response was over-the-top and accusatory with threats of damage reports and involving Airbnb. She even suggested we hire our own cleaners to clean her apartment during our stay.
Overall, for shorter stays and guests without children there's no need to look anywhere else as her apartment is quite suitable. However, for situations of longer stay and children, even these positives, I would look elsewhere to avoid headaches or hassles from Susie after departure.
Staying at ones apartment for more then three weeks without a broom for light cleaning or having to be asked to scrub her bathtub/shower are irregular expectations for guests on vacation.
Normally we do not write reviews for our stays, but this is quite justifable to highlight for future guests staying in this apartment.