The photographs and description of the apartment are a little misleading. The apartment is a lower maisonette split over two levels (lower ground and ground), and not a "3-story apartment" as advertised. There are two bedrooms downstairs with the bathroom, and then a bedroom upstairs with a toilet and the living room / kitchen.

Cecile uses a local agent to provide the keys and maintain the place. As such, this isn't a typical Airbnb experience in which you're welcomed into a home, but is run as a business. The kitchen was great and we had everything we needed there, but the bedrooms were functional and bare (missing the flowers, candles, and other items from the staging in the professional photographs).

The two largest negatives for me were that the apartment was not as clean as I would have hoped (the windows had a lot of dust on them, and we found rubbish and sweet wrappers in the pull-out sofa), and Cecile's agent is very strict around check-in and check-out times. Although the check-out was listed as 10AM, the cleaner showed up at 9:50AM and asked us all to leave immediately.

In terms of value for money, location, and the apartment being fit for purpose, I would absolutely recommend Cecile's place. It would just have been an infinitely better experience if the check-in and check-out process was more relaxed (particularly if the apartment isn't being used that next day), the place felt more like a home, and the cleaners did a better job. I've used Airbnb consistently for four years now and this is the first time that I've felt like a customer as opposed to a friend.