My girlfriend and I stayed at Sylvie's apartment during new year and it was a good experience. She was very helpful before the arrival, giving us tips on how to get to her place from the airport and she was there to give us the keys ( even though we were an hour late to get to the apartment because of a flight delay) and also when we left.
The apartment is just like the pictures. It's small, but cozy and perfect for a couple. It was very clean when we arrive. There is a really nice kitchen, with supplies. We often bought a couple of food itens to prepare at the apartment. There is a nice grocery store (Monopix) across the street and also a lot of restaurants and cafes on the neighborhood. In front of the apartment there is a famous and very good Bourlangerie, a mexican restaurant and a fruit and vegetable market.
Just by walking a couple of meters you will find a bunch of different places to eat and drink.
Her place was on the 3rd floor of a small building and there was no elevator, which was kinda hard for us to carry two heavy bags up the stairs.
The entrance to the building is through an electronic lock. You need to put the security code to get in. Unfortunately, when we got to Sylvie's place it was raining a lot and the energy was out on the street floors, so we couldn't open the door with the code Sylvie gave us.
The lock didn't go back to work during our stay, so Sylvie gave us the key to the front door. So, if you stay there, ask Sylvie for the this key also ( just to make sure if something happens you can get into the building).
But besides that, the place is in a really good location ( 2 min from one subway station and 8 minutes from another one). There are a lot of bus lines minutes away from the apartment.
Canal St. Martin is beautiful and it was a great decision to stay there because it is a nice french area, but is not full of tourist ( at least during the winter), so you get to experience Paris as a parisien and Sylvie is a very nice host.