I stayed at Mary's home for a month while in Paris for work. The actual apartment is well laid out with excellent amentities in the kitchen. I also really appreciated the water pressure and ample hot water in the shower which I find can lack in many apartments in Paris. There was a lovely view of Sacre Couer and it was nice to enjoy some cable television in the spacious living room. Also great to have a proper dining table. The bedroom was very calming and well decorated and I appreciated the many towels available. Bonus points for an elevator! I have to mention that I thought some communication issues could have been smoother and handled better with the owner's representative. There was one time the first week of my arrival when I received a call just as I was stepping into a client meeting at work that an electric crew was going to be in the apartment without my being there and with no advance notice to have secured sensitive belongings like passport, cash, jewelry, and some laundry I had air drying. The rep thankfully ultimately canceled the visit. There was also another unannounced visit on a Friday evening around 6pm (she said she emailed me notice but when I looked at my phone the email had been sent at 5:58pm - two minutes before the knock on the door) to fix a plumbing issue just when I was running late for a client dinner and about to hop into the shower. When I suggested she return another time with advance notice, the rep told me she could wait in the apartment while I was in the shower. I replied that I would prefer to have some privacy and she said she would return later while I was at the dinner. While I was very appreciative of her trying to address issues in the appartment, without ample notice I felt like I was put in a position where I was seemingly uncooperative by simply asking for such notice. There was also an email saying she noticed stains on a rug during a visit which were no more than the usual stepping on the carpet with street shoes, and which I spot cleaned anyway despite paying a cleaning fee, but made me feel as if she was going through the apartment inspecting and checking up on me. Overall there were numerous emails and copious phone calls, often times multiple in a row, often times when I was in work meetings, when one phone call and a voicemail would've sufficed. This particularly occurred when I was at work, regarding various things that I didn't really feel were my responsibility to take time off from work to constantly address - particularly the consistent and bad stoppage issue with the kitchen sink. Perhaps I would've been more receptive to this as a month long tourist with a lax day-to-day, but I was in Paris for work with a crazy packed schedule, and all...