There is no shower at this apartment. There is a shower head, with a hose, mounted at knee height. To wash my hair I sat down in the tub. I guess you could also stand up and hold the thing in one hand but that’s also awkward. We had no trouble checking in: a person met us and gave us the key. But after they left we realized that there were no garbage bags in the kitchen, almost no toilet paper, and no washing up liquid. It took a full day, communicating with 3 different people at the management company, to finally get someone to bring over those supplies. When they did, they didn’t give us enough toilet paper so I had to buy more. The apartment itself is fairly spacious because there is both a living room and a dining room. There is no AC (fairly typical for apartments in Paris). It was 90 degrees F during our stay so that made it a bit hard to sleep (there is one fan, but two bedrooms). The neighborhood is nice, and the Villiers metro stop is very close by, as well as a grocery store and several good bakeries. It’s about 30 minutes (via metro or bus) to get to the touristy stuff in Paris. It was pretty quiet during our stay, but we often couldn’t open the windows because neighbors were smoking (again, typical Paris.). If you want to be in a non-touristy area, this is it.