The beds were very comfortable and the A/C worked great. It was also very quiet. The apartment is a little less charming than the pictures reflect, mostly due to the smaller details. Specifically, the ceiling of the restroom is covered in mildew, and none of the various charming looking lamps that you see in the living room work. We stayed for a week and the hot water only worked about 1/2 the time. A lot of cold showers. The washer worked well. The dryer did too AFTER we figured out that you have to empty a water collection tank periodically. We were not familiar with this, because dryers in U.S. are vented to the exterior and don't require tanks. We found ourselves needing to use the metro far more often than we would have liked, but that is probably our fault for not researching the location well enough when we booked. The apartment is about a 30 minute walk from the nearest major site (Notre Dame), with other sites like the louvre and Eiffel Tower out of reach by foot for all but the most ambitious of hikers. We needed to take the metro 2 or 3 times every day. You'll want to do your best to be accurate and prompt with the checkin time you arrange with the host. We communicated our ETA to him a couple of times as our travel day unfolded. In the end, we arrived 45 minutes later than we had planned and the host seemed a little smug about it. Also, the payment terms were very confusing and overly complicated. The HomeAway posting explains the rates one way, then after booking, we received a contract from the host that was broken down differently, then when we met the host in person to pay him in cash, he crunched the numbers a third way! In the end the total charges were correct to the Homeaway posting (+/- a few dollars) but it was definitely disconcerting to get lost in his methods, and have to just trust that it would shake out correctly. All and all the stay was just "okay."