I would like to highly recommend staying at Cécile’s place. She and her daughter made me feel straight at home, the room was very big, I’ve stayed in studios that were smaller than that in the past. Everything was very tidy, I loved the style, the bed was huge and comfortable, the bathroom seemed brand new and Cécile was a perfect host, offering me water, providing me with a plate and cutlery when I considered having a snack in my room and invited me to spend the evening in her gorgeous garden.
The area is very practical: close to St Jean but overall not too busy (there’s a bus stop in front of the room but the windows are soundproof) and not many people walk past the house overall. It’s not too far from the centre but if you’re lazy, there is the mentioned bus :) a very decent food market is at the end of the road as well as good restaurants.
Next time I come to Bordeaux, I’ll make sure to stay in the same place!