Julien & Karima’s place is absolutely wonderful. Finding it was easy and it wasn’t even hard to get our suitcases up the spiral stairs. Once inside it is spacious, bright, and exactly like the photos. It was wonderful to have a hair dryer and iron to use, along with the washer since we were there for 7 days. The shower has the hottest water I have ever experienced which was a nice surprise. Yes there is some street noise but they did provide ear plugs and with a portable sound machine and a sleep mask we slept like a charm in the comfy bed. The apartment is located between two metro lines and an easy walk from the Gare du Nord train station - which we took to and from the airport. Would highly recommend staying here since it is not touristy and gives you access to explore the city. The recommendations from Julien & Karima were wonderful. We cannot wait to return to Paris and we would plan to stay here again!