We spend 5 days in Thomas’s apartment in Paris. The location was good, easy access to lots of metro stations nearby; Buzenval station (line 9) was directly across the street, Avron and Nation station were both a short walk away and the RER station at Nation. It was about a 20 min ride into the center of Pais. The neighbourhood was mostly an immigrant neighbourhood with lots of choice for restaurants and lots of supermarkets, pharmacies and good bakeries for breakfast. We did not get to meet Thomas since he was out of town on business but he was very nice and left us a welcome bottle of red wine and a nice welcoming note with restaurant recommendations in the neighbourhood. To pick up the keys we met his neighbour Remi who was very gracious and showed us around the apartment. Our check-in went smoothly. The wifi was worked very well and we communicated with Thomas via « whatsup » during our stay. My only issue was with the sofa bed in the living room. My two teenage daughters were using it for the 5 days we were there and it had a very thin mattress that was extremely uncomfortable. My daughters are no very big girls either. The other thing was there were no top sheets for the sofa bed and we ended up using two single bed duvet covers instead( without the duvet inside). The pillows for both beds were also thin and not very comfortable. Another thing that I would have appreciated is a hair dryer like is described in the anemities of the apartment which was not there and if I had known I would have brought my own since I have long, thick hair which takes very long to dry even in the summer. I also found the toilet area a bit claustrophobic and theree was no air ventilation (no vent fan or windows) but I understand that the building is old and you can’t really do anything about that. Glad for the elevator though since we were on the fourth floor.
With a little improvement on the stuff I mentioned above I would recommend staying in Thomas’s apartment for a short stay in Paris and especially if you are two people but not more unless the sofa bed is changed.