We loved where the studio was located as it was convenient to the metro, restaurants, groceries, patisseries, cafes, etc. The neighborhood was lovely, and the apartment came equipped with everything we needed except for a working stovetop/oven. This was a BIG disappointment, and a cause of us having to spend a lot of extra money. Our whole reason for getting an apartment was to be able to save a little money by having a lot of our meals in - looking out over the rooftops of Paris. We assumed that everything was in working order, so our first night we went out and bought our groceries for the week. Night #1 nothing worked. We asked one of Johno's neighbors to help us thinking that since we were American, we were dealing w/ an unknown appliance and maybe needed a few pointers. She was wonderful and spent about 10 min. on top of the 20 that we had put in trying to get it to work. No luck. We ended up going to a restaurant. Night #2, we asked the landlady if she could help us. No luck again. She is very nice but speaks very little English. Our French isn't the best either so it was an interesting game of charades. She said she would put a call in to Johno. No response. the next day, we again had all our meals out. The scenerio just repeated itself for the rest of the week with various other people trying to help us to get the stove working. Ergo, we spent about $250 American on food that we ended up giving away to the landlady when we left, because we were unable to cook it. Long story short... We ended up spending more money than if we had gotten a hotel room. Not only did we have to eat every meal out, we also lost out on the food that we bought. At least in a hotel, we would probably have gotten a free continental breakfast. If it hadn't been for that, we would have given this an "excellent" rating. The area is very safe, you have a partial view of the Eiffel Tower, it is quiet, the people are wonderful and we would love to go back again. Next time though... a working stove. :)