The location is amazing. However, there were many things that could have been improved.
First of all, the upstairs loft gets much too hot for anyone to sleep there during the summer. The apartment has two beds downstairs and a bed for two upstairs in the loft, and this is ideal for four people during winter, spring or fall, but during the summer months, this apartment should be listed as for only two people, because the upstairs. loft is unusable when it is warm out.
When we arrived, the apartment had been cleaned superficially (dishes washed, floor swept) but it is in need of a much more thorough, deep cleaning. The walls have multiple scratches and stains on them, there is some kind of mold above one of the windows, etc. It creates an overall impression of dinginess and unpleasantness.
I also was not happy with the communication I had with the owner. Stella was never proactive about anything. She never contacted me before my arrival (except to respond to my questions) and once I had arrived, I never received a guide or instruction document providing all of the basic information (wifi password, check-out information, garbage location, remote controls, etc.). Every single question I had a required a separate email as it came up. Each time I sent a separate email about each individual question, Stella was prompt in her responses, which I did appreciate. However, I should not have had to send so many emails to find out all the information.
And, one time (when I emailed her to ask for the wifi password) she complained that her guests did not read the information she provided (implying that I was wrong to bother her with this question), which was rude. Especially since she had never sent me that information.
And even after telling her that she never sent me a guide, she still never sent me one complete document. Instead, she doled out information in little pieces -- requiring me to constantly contact her with questions (which, to be fair, she did respond to promptly.) The whole process was silly and time-consuming, and the experience would have been much simpler if she had merely provided a document at the beginning (like most other people do) with all the information in one place.
In addition, I also suspect that this apartment is not legally registered with the city under its new laws regulating AirBnB. I asked Stella for the 13-digit registration number, and she never provided it to me, and she does not live in Paris, so she never lives in this home. You can tell no one lives really here, and that it is just used as a way to make cash from tourists. The supplies provided feel cheap, and there is not much care given to the home.
In addition, during the month I stayed here, there was construction going on, and so there were several days with no running water and other days without internet. (And no advanced warning was provided about either.) Stella seemed sympathetic about these problems.
However, the location is simply superb. So many wonderful things right near by. And the apartment does get a lot of light, as indicated by the ad.