We stayed a full month at Catherine's apartment (we're a family with 2 little girls, of 4 and 6). It is a beautiful place, just as you see in the photos and has everything we needed. The kitchen was excellently equipped and we cooked all sorts of meals also in the oven (which, from our airbnb experience, isn't common). The neighborhood is just perfect in all senses. It is beautiful, not overly touristy, it has everything you may need (supermarkets, great fromageries -please don't miss the butter at Beillaveire nearby -and boucheries nearby, restaurants and cafés). It was nice we could leave our pram downstairs and Catherine even provided a lock for us to be safe to leave the pram unattended at night, but the building was really quiet and we ended up just using the lock when we went to Arcachon so we could leave the pram with the bikes while we went to the beach :) Thanks for that, Catherine! Les Chartrons is just a 15 minute walk from Bordeaux city centre and some 30 minute (kids) walk from Cité du Vin, and 10 minute walk from le Jardin Public. We didn't use the tram at all to walk around, only when we went to the train station.
We were unlucky to arrive at Bordeaux at a terrible heat wave and Catherine was also nice to bring in some portable fans, which were of great help. She was a great host, always attentive when we needed, and her place was full of nice city guides and information about Bordeaux.
We loved every bit of our experience at her place and when we come back to Bordeaux we will certainly try her place again.