Unfortunately, this is my first negative Airbnb review...but let's start with the positives.
The apartment is in an utterly fabulous location. Within a block or two, you have large grocery stores, local markets, designer shopping, and historically famous cafes. As three single women, we also felt as safe as it is possible to feel in a major city.
The apartment also has stunning bones. I never could have imagined that an apartment in Paris could be so massive. The apartment owner also clearly has remarkable taste. Strong decor decisions were made and made well. The apartment also comes with quite a lot of kitchen goods, and you'll easily be able to cook a meal if you so choose - the fridge is American-sized!
Regarding the negatives, there are small things, like the cleaning needs to be stepped up. The apartment comes with truly beautiful wood moulding, but much of it was caked with dust and dirt. I found dirty socks under an armchair in the main bedroom, and when I accidentally touched the stacks of magazines over the bed, dust flew up. When I opened a window, dust bunnies flew across the living room. There are also only 3 tiny trashcans inside of the enormous apartment. This was surprising since renters are required to take out their own garbage.
There were medium annoyances, such as the moment you walk into the apartment, you can see that at one point, the upstairs apartment flooded, and there is serious water damage to the ceilings and around the doors.
The most problematic aspects of the apartment, however, was the lack of storage in the main bedroom, and the fact that the bathroom/bedroom layout is not clear in the apartment description's narrative. For the first, literally, the only storage is an Ikea table sitting in the corner. I placed my suitcase on it. (There were 2 built-in closets, but they were locked. There was also a door that presumably led to the bedroom next door, but there was an enormous padlock on it.) We ended up moving a small cabinet from the 2nd bedroom into the first, but later found out that we were not to have moved the furniture. My apologies.
At one point in the listing, it states that there are 3 bathrooms. You have to read quite closely to understand that there are actually (2) 1/2 baths and 1 full bath. What I was not able to ascertain until I arrived, however, is that you can only reach the full bath by passing through 2 bedrooms. So to be clarify:
1. There is a half bathroom in the hallway. It is a tiny powder bath with a toilet, sink, and an Ikea cart cabinet. It badly needs scrubbing.
2. There is no ensuite to the main bedroom. (The main bedroom also does not have storage beyond the Ikea table.)
3. The main hallway deadends to a beautiful large bathroom that contains 2 sinks and a tub.
4. The last entrance on the right is to a 2nd bedroom. You pass through that bedroom - waking up its occupants - to access the third bedroom.
5. You pass through the 2nd bedroom AND the 3rd bedroom to access the only full-bath, and the only shower, in the apartment. So if you want to take a shower, you are going through 2 bedrooms.
Had this been clear, I'm afraid I would not have rented the apartment. I'm okay with doing some light cleaning but I hated having to invade my guests' privacy to take a shower.