I usually do not leave reviews but I think it’s important for guests to know a few things. This area is a garment district so not a neighborhood feeling at all. You have to walk by some sketchy blocks from your apartment to get to cafe or patisseries. Very noisy during evenings, noises from trucks, guys hanging out, etc.
- See note that there is no AC bc it gets very hot in summer (I think a lot of apts do not have AC)
- Guests should know how narrow it is to pass the bed to access bathroom. Very difficult and easy to hurt legs passing and hitting head on television to get to toilette. Would be very, very difficult for a man bc I am a small woman and I had a hard time passing through only 6 inches of space between bed and wall/television screen.
- Bad smell coming from shower drain. Lasted a few days even though Laurent sent someone immediately to add drain chemical. And it smelled like chemicals for a couple days so we could not use that bathroom.
- A lot of men hanging out around the corner and trash passing through neighborhood so we were uncomfortable.
- We did not feel comfortable to go to side alley and throw out trash so we just used our shopping bags for extra trash bins. Trash bags would’ve been helpful.
- A good knife would be useful so guests can cut baguettes. The IKEA knife did not work well on cutting baguettes.
- This was one of the lower priced Airbnbs so this is probably what you should expect.