We stayed for ten days in Jacques flat and had a good time. All communication was fine but we only met Jacques at the time of arrival as he was leaving for a holiday.
Concerning the flat itself then we can’t avoid to say that we were a bit shocked about how messy it was and worn out, especially after reading comments here about cleanliness. We have been using Airbnb a lot and never seen such a mess in a flat we rent and things that urgently have to be replaced or mended and especially tidied. It was like someone just had jumped out of the door a minute before we arrived, leaving everything behind …in a mess and also something that is not appropriate to leave for others.
The pictures show the flat like it looked some time ago, and are true for sure, because this flat is in fact very smart and has sometimes been cool and tidy, obviously with everything in order and therefore it needs so little to become the same again. But our stay in the flat was despite all a wonderful stay the flat is beautifully situated by the canal, in an environment that obviously is getting very popular but still not crowded with tourists. Jacques has put together very good info about things in the area and very helpful hints about restaurants. We will especially recommend the restaurant Au Rendez-Vous de la Marine, where we had probably the best meal and best and most enjoyable service we had during our stay.
Although we were a bit disappointed in the beginning, for the whole we had a very good time, beautiful to wake up by the canal in the morning and beautiful to sit down by the window overlooking the canal before going to bed, after a busy day in town. We are satisfied.