NEW YORK House

Great location, quiet neighborhood, and very spacious for a family. Beautiful views of the sunrise.

Everything was great.

La maison est moderne et très propre. Sofia s'est rendue disponible lorsque nous en avions besoin

Sehr gute Ausstattung und sehr geräumig. Abseits vom Großstadttrubel.

Die Lage ist etwas trostlos. Man schaut auf ein Feld mit Dutzenden Strommasten und ein Umspannwerk. Man benötigt ca. 15-20m mit dem Auto bis zur nächsten Haltestelle. Ringsherum um die Unterkunft kann man nicht viel unternehmen.

New York House is in a quiet neighbourhood next to mainly farmland (although it is very close to the flight path into/out of Orly airport), with reasonably easy access by car to a railway station for a metro trip to Paris centre and surrounds. The house is small and slightly cramped, but has three bedrooms (one in the attic on the 3rd floor), a bathroom with shower and toilet, and a second toilet downstairs. The main bedroom bed is soft and comfortable, but the other beds are short and less comfortable. The house served out purpose as a quiet base from which to explore Paris, but it was not entirely comfortable.

Communication from the host/caretaker is poor, and cleaning/caretaking is not up to the standard that we experience with other properties in this price/comfort range on Booking. We had to message after arrival to ask for the gate and door codes, which took a while. Despite the host's assurances that there were mechanical keys on the table, there were none. We could not open the gate to the driveway during the entire stay, and had to leave the car in the street. Upon arrival, there were also no towels (despite it being part of the booking), and we had to request these from the host. Towels were delivered later in the evening, but the gate key was never provided. We were informed later that the previous guests left with the key, but no copy was ever provided. There was clean bedding, and the bathrooms and waste bins were cleaned, but the floors and dishes were dirty upon arrival, and spider webs, crumbs and dust bunnies behind most doors and in corners hint at superficial cleaning. There was old food (open bread, etc.) left in the cupboards, and broken glasses on the garden path. We stayed during a summer week with temperatures peaking between 30C and 35C, and the third bedroom in the attic was far too hot to use. The house has no aircon, and the attic has no windows. The other bedrooms were fine as long as we kept the windows open all night.