Axel greeted us kindly upon our arrival to Bordeaux and timed his reception with our arrival from the train station. His apartment is situated in a lovely part of the city - a small scale equivalent to Champs-Élysées in Paris. The apartment is very clean. There's a washer, but no dryer, so towels and clothes can take a while to dry out because there is no air circulation in the apartment. We also slept quite warm and sweat for quite a bit each night because there's no air conditioning in this part of Bordeaux (UNESCO inclusion doesn't let the bordelaise install AC in the medieval buildings). Other than that, it's secure and safe. There are noisy neighbors above, but nothing too crazy...just heavy foot traffic which woke us up most mornings.