To be fair and honest this place is located in an amazing street. Below are numerous restaurants, shops and not too touristy. The building is secure and there’s even an elevator. It’s close to the metro and the bus to get to the airport is maybe a block away. The apartment itself is quaint and overlooks down onto a Crepe restaurant (they serve sweet and savory crepe dishes). The host has quite a bit of personal items within the apartment which arose some issues down the road. We were a family of four which included our teenage daughter and our 18month old. Upon check in, Jeanne met us downstairs to show us the process to get in the door and the apartment. At no point did she communicate to us that she kept personal sheets and blankets that were not to be used. She was insistent on giving us a crib which never stood up correctly, therefore we never used, and she asked us to water her plants which was odd since we were only there for 3nights.
The stay was fine for the most part, the annoyance came after we checked out. The host emailed us with some ludicrous accusations such as stating that we stole the top of a small garbage can, she was upset that we used a sheet and blanket (both of which were up in a closet and seemed okay to use), she also accused us of having guests, mind you, we know no one in Paris. It was at this point that we started to suspect she just wanted to defraud us. As stated above, she left the apartment filled with personal items. Nothing was labeled for what could be used and what could not be used by guests and she did not verbalize any no zones. The bookshelves were filled with personal books, art and pictures. The drawers had personal papers, reading glasses, etc. Some clothes were even left in closets, even the fridge had leftover foods including a burnt lasagna in the freezer. I’m only stating all of this to give you an idea of the amount of personal items left in the apartment. If you are okay with such environment, then great. Also, ask about how she would like the garbage sorted. This was another issue, I guess we were to guess how she would have preferred us to sort the trash. The list goes on but this is to give you an idea of what it was like to deal with this host. The stay in Paris was great but this experience with her was not a fun memory to bring back.