My daughter and I arrived in Paris by train and had communicated in advance when expected to be at the apartment. We only had to wait a few minutes for Gaspard, unfortunately it was a unusually hot July day. Exacerbating the situation was a non functioning cooling system, which I believe was an issue for another guest. Gaspard assured us it would be dealt with, but then we did not hear back from him, so for two nights we could not sleep and my daughter ended up in the bathroom to try to be close to the cool tile floor, which is less than ideal. The third night we were moved to a much smaller apartment that did have a functioning cooling system but the shower did not work, so we did not have the experience that it sounds like most people have had staying at Gaspard flat.
Gaspard did credit us one night stay for being uncomfortable, however some information on places to go how to get the laundry done we were just left in the dark after being told we would be given details. Additionally, we felt like this was more of a hotel type situation.
On the positive side the flat was very clean and there were minimal utensils and cooking supplies and as most have mentioned a complimentary bottle of wine. Gaspard is very friendly and seems genuine in his intentions. I think our stay was just very unpleasant and I think that being hot and uncomfortable in Paris on chairs that are uncomfortable in beds that are small is not what we were hoping for.