“Cute, Clean, and a Great Location!”
The room is very cute and the location in Paris is excellent, close to Trocadero, the metro, many restaurants, bars, pharmacies, grocery stores, etc. The design is super charming. It has nice amenities for a low‑needs stay (mini‑fridge, coffee maker, some dishes and silverware, a sink, a microwave, etc.). It’s the perfect apartment if you just need a place to sleep, shower, maybe hang out a bit to have coffee in the morning or eat leftovers before heading back into the city. The shower is pretty cool with a nice overhead head and a handheld attachment. The apartment felt very safe, behind two code‑locked doors and in a quiet outdoor alcove in the building. I had zero noise issues and didn’t see another person there the whole time. Picking up the keys or getting into the building was hassle‑free, which was a huge relief! I didn’t need to contact the owner or renter, but they were very proactive with their communications, sending me instructions, etc., making the process very smooth. Though the place is worn down and needs some love, I was very happy with my stay here compared to the other place I rented in Paris earlier in my trip. The apartment is next to where they keep the trash bins – nothing the owner can do about that – and I didn’t have any issues with smells, animals, or noise during my stay, but it’s something to be aware of when you go; they are literally right next to the door. There are a few things that are wildly inconvenient and could be fixed easily – the biggest for me was the lack of a place to hang towels before and after showering. There are some towel rings on the sink cabinet, but they are far too low to the ground to work for full‑sized towels (and honestly, didn’t work well for even a hand towel). Adding some hooks to the divider wall on the bathroom side would cheaply and easily solve this problem. It might sound silly to point out, but not having anywhere good to put my dry towels before a shower and my wet towels after a shower was a constant source of frustration. The chairs at the little table in the kitchen are very cute but extremely uncomfortable. The mini‑fridge door scrapes against the floor, causing scratches to be worn in the floor and making it hard to open and close the door. The locks are quite difficult to lock and unlock (I had a bit of panic when trying to get in the first time that I wouldn’t be able to open the door but finally managed it with huge exertion). One of the windows lost its outside slat and it’s just been leaned up against it. And lastly I noticed a lot of dings, scratches, chipped paint, etc. that could be touched up easily and cheaply. Though the place is super cute and I was happy there, the more I looked around the more it felt like the property was not being maintained, and as a guest it does leave you feeling less good about the place the longer you are there and the more easily fixable things you spot that have been left undone.
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