There are many challenges living in this apartment....... but then there is the view ! The 2 bedroom and 2 "salon" windows have a nearly unobstructed view over the whole of Paris. This is because Montmatre is high and you are on the 5th floor. The other bedroom and kitchen windows look up and down the street. The sounds of evocative cafe music drift add to the intoxicating experience of living in a garret. Just be prepared for the price of admission: 5 flights up stairs at the end of each day and with suitcases when you leave. Sebastien, our charming host representative, kindly carried one suitcase up. Being a true garret, rooms have low sloped ceilings into which the window opening are sunk - watch your head at all times. The bedroom floor creaks loudly with every step. Apart from the ceilings, the bedroom and salon were quite spacious. The kitchen was small but functional (minus a toaster - we found that the microwave had a grill setting). The bathroom is seriously compact with barely enough room to wield a towel. The mini shower enclosure would not accommodate anyone of generous proportions - but they probably couldn't get up the stairs anyway.
The one serious problem is the door which locks on closing but requires a complex two armed movement plus strength to get open.
The location is great - large numbers of excellent restaurants and cafe's within a couple of minutes; Abbesses metro station is 2 minutes away (make sure you find the Metro lift or you will be facing hundreds more stairs !); fascinating Paris history is a few more minutes away in many directions - Sacre Cour; Moulin Rouge; Place de Tretre etc.
We had a wonderful time, absorbing the view, the music, the walks to discover local foods and features. Highly recommended for the fitter, slimmer visitor who loves to absorb a view of paris, and listen to music in the afternoon before wandering out to explore the foods and features a stones throw from home.