There are many five star reviews of this property and I can understand why, however my wife and my experience were somewhat different. First I do like Michelle, I think she is nice and even reached out to me over the phone one day after booking which really was a nice touch. She responded to my e-mails promptly and was helpful when asked.

Just to base rate my justification a 3 would be what I would expect, a 4 above and a 5 star out of any expectation to be had. We arrived about 8 minutes after our agreed upon meeting time (the metro can be challenging without experience). I guess because we weren't right on time the person who was providing keys didn't stick around so we waited outside for about 20 minutes on the street until they came back (one phone was dead and the other couldn't get a roaming circuit). After a long day of travel (from Thailand) and fighting the metro at rush hour, this was not a good start.

We were informed upon arrival the washer/dryer was broken. That is unfortunate because it absolutely was a discriminator in selecting the place. Two weeks in Thailand leaves you little clothes left to wear. To Michelle's credit she did offer to pick up laundry fees but that takes time from your day in Paris and is just not an equitable trade.

Finally, (and I will say right now this has been corrected with the listing) when we booked it listed as a one bed room. While stated as a studio in the comments it certainly mislead us on what to expect. For two people with extensive luggage this was a very tight fit. The loft upstairs is where we slept so that we could open our luggage. I'm not tall but at 6', my toes were coming off the mattress.

As and aside, and this has nothing to do with our review because no one can control the weather but we happened to be there during one of the worst June's in the past decade (mid 90's to 100). At those temps we were looking at about 84 during the day and mid 70s at night inside the studio.

So on my scale this really didn't meet what I was expecting but I do like Michelle and she was responsive and engaging so it is really hard to rate this too low. I think her place works great for a couple people with light luggage, but anything more than that and it does become quite a challenge.