Charming Apt - 1BD/4P - Bastille/Charonne

Bright and inviting property! Clean and comfortable. Necessary amenities available and a few nice extra touches. Bed and linens very comfortable. Very lovely fluffy towels! Pleasant stay!

My two daughters and I had a lovely stay at the apartment. It is clean, light and not too noisy (I wear earplugs at night anyway). The curtains were good at keeping the room dark. There are two floor-standing fans, so we were cool enough at night. The sofabed is pretty comfortable, and my daughters had no complaints about the double bed. The kitchen was well equipped (tea and coffee, olive oil, shower gel), and there were enough towels for our stay, although the teatowel was rubbish for drying up: non-absorbent. Great location! We had a problem getting the wifi to work, but I had a rapid response to my request, and it was fixed by the next morning. There are a couple of things we think could be improved: A long mirror would be useful. The only mirror is the one in the bathroom, which is at head height so you cannot see your outfit. Also there is insufficient light on the bathroom mirror for doing makeup. A drying rack by the kitchen sink would be useful - we only had a few things to wash up because we were mostly eating out, so it wasn't worth putting the dishwasher on. Some low lighting in the lounge area would be nice, because there is only a bright overhead light (and the kitchen light, which is too dim to count as low lighting for the lounge). There are four stools, two stacked on top of two others, but we couldn't separate them. So effectively there were only two stools, not four, which was significant because there is no dining table, you eat at the breakfast bar. There was no facility for recycling, like a second bin for recycling stuff. Not sure what is normal in Paris, but I like to recycle when I can, and this was not provided for. The bathroom is tiny, so would not be easy for a large person, although it was fine for us. However, it was pretty smelly in there: presumably the smell of sewage coming back up through the sink. Not sure if anything can be done about that in a big city, although I imagine there might be! There is a bathroom fan, so it wasn't unbearable.

Great location, comfortable beds, including the sofabed. Bathroom was a bit smelly in that city kind of way, where the sewage smell comes back up thru the sink, but the flat was perfectly clean. Lounge could do with a low-light option (only a bright overhead light) and bathroom mirror could do with a brighter light (obviously not checked by someone who puts makeup on in the morning) and a larger mirror somewhere in the flat would be an improvement. But overall, great.

This apartment is perfectly situated between Bastille and Nation, It was spotless and thoughtfully organized, The communication with the property management was top-notch, and their website is user-friendly, The key pickup instructions were very clear!