Fabulous St-Germain des Pres - Atemberaubende Lage - AIR COND

First off, this WAS the apartment that I booked thru VRBO, but then after paying the deposit, I found out 3 days before I was scheduled to leave for my trip that the apartment was already booked. I never got an e-mail through the VRBO website, just to my personal e-mail which went into my spam box and I never saw it. I went onto the site to pay the balance about 3 days before I was scheduled to leave for my trip only to find that I didn't have a place to stay. I was not required to pay early....I could have just showed up in Paris to pay the balance only to find out I didn't have a place to stay.

Thierry offered me another apartment which obviously I accepted since I didn't have any other alternatives at that point. He was very accommodating making sure that I had all of the information that I needed, but when I got to the apartment, there was a note on the table saying that we had no internet, TV, or phone services. Not a great way to start out the visit since having internet is a must when you are in an unfamiliar city. He gave us some site to access outside Wi-fi, but we never could get onto it, so we were flying blind all week and had to do all of our planning outside of the apartment. The next day when I contacted him, he said they would be coming that day to fix everything, but no one ever showed up so we spent the entire week without any internet or TV services, and had we had an emergency where our phones were not working....which happens when you are overseas....we would have had no way to contact anyone. Again, not good. The apartment itself was fine although the bathroom and shower were quite small. The shower had no shelving in it so you had to put everything on the ground. So you would soap up your face, drop the soap on the ground, rinse off your face, then bend down with your butt up against the wall of the shower to get the soap, and repeat until clean. Not a great experience. My major complaint was that with all of the problems with losing the original apartment, and then all the crap with the internet/TV/phone, Thierry didn't even offer us any type of a discount for the stay, which is common place when problems like these occur during a stay. The apartment itself was fine, but the ancillary stuff made for a not so great experience. Had he offered to comp a night or two, it would have made up for some of that and I could have given the stay more stars. Hey VRBO....e-mail your clients in their VRBO INBOX!!!!

The studio was located in the perfect location for my stay, within walking distance of Notre Dame Cathedral and the Louvre, many restaurants and shops, as well as a sufficient amount of public transportation. Thierry was a wonderful host, with great communication before the trip even began. Will definitely stay here again!!

I stayed in Thierry's studio March 10-16, 2018. The location is ideal for walking just about anywhere. Cafes close, Carrefour express right around the corner. Ideal. Small windy stairs which are so typical to the third floor. Nice kitchen -- older appliances but clean and working. Comfortable bed and couch. Nice table and chairs by the double windows that I kept open as much as possible. The bathroom was bigger than expected (from other reviews) but the shower is typically small. The instant hot water made up for the size of the shower! Everything was clean and in order. Some street noise on the weekend but otherwise quiet. There is some smoke smell in the evenings when the lower neighbors are home (old buildings) but I kept my windows open and it didn't bother me. All in all a wonderful trip and stay! I will return!

My daughter and I spent 12 days in Paris at the beginning of 2018. The little apartment in St. Germain was absolutely perfect! An old building full of character, creaking wooden spiral staircase, arty galleries and shops, the Carrefour around the corner and walking distance to EVERYTHING in Paris. We could not have asked for more! We will definitely go back.

The location was ideal! We were walking distance to everything. However, the pictures do not match the actual space. The yellow wallpaper does not exist, and where the couch is located in the picture is actually where the front door is. The space is small but enough for two people.