GOOD REASONS ** with considerations to make note of **
We stayed at Daniele's place when our first Airbnb with Paris was cancelled last minute by the owner.
Daniele was gracious in responding to our message and we communicated with time to arrive after 7 pm on the same day (Great service)
The apartment's elevator was out of service and thus required my husband to bring our bags up the 6 levels to her place & Back down when we left. ** make note this elevator does go out of service and isn't hosts fault but make a consideration of this if you cannot walk up 6 flights x 21 steps per flight with your bags **
The kitchen is wonderfully equipped and easy to make dinner - needed a few more instructions on the small Ikea oven however. We enjoyed dinners with beautiful sunny September evening sunsets on the balcony.
Daniele left wine for us as a host gift, which was kind.
The area is in the 17th and that's not a typical touristy area. For us it is what we wanted but a consideration ** many tourist places are a walk and at least 2 metro lines and/or 1 bus and 1 metro. We loved it was in a local area and that meant places to eat and sit and have coffee on a Sunday in Paris which is often dead, however you will commute 30-40 minutes to most tourist attractions **
** The last BIG consideration is that once we booked I read the fine print. the Damage deposit is to be given in cash of 500 Euro. We weren't ok with this not having met owner before and so had to pay via paypal as only other option. Our deposit was given back to us but we lost over 30 Euro in exchange ** (Note: Airbnb asks you not to give cash which is hard when dispute between owner and you occurs BUT we had no choice and thus did it through paypal - this is the first time we were asked for a cash damage deposit We would not do again as it is not comfortable for us, despite all things working with Daniele and getting our deposit back).