The location of the apartment was fantastic. It is close to two metro lines, steps away from L’Arc de Triomphe and Champs Élysée. The apartment is in this beautiful old building and is quaintly decorated with a balcony. The building has an old fashioned elevator that is surprisingly roomy, fast, and reliable. The flat was very quiet at night. Dominique was responsive and stayed in communication until our issue was resolved (no hair dryer for the first 24 hrs).
Now for the quirks:
1)There are lots of decorations on almost all available surfaces so that there was not enough usable surfaces without carefully setting aside some of the decorations.
2)There was only one free electric outlet that we could find. We had to unplug some lights to accommodate the charging of our various electronic devices. The plugs are all the way down on the baseboard in corners or behind cabinets/tables, not very accessible.
3)The bed was not made. We had to make our own bed which was not a problem since I am particular on how I like my bed made.
4) There was not an abundance of amenities. We had one small round soap when we checked in so we had to go buy shower gel/soap that evening just before the stores closed. We also had to buy toilet paper towards the end of our one week stay.
5)The only closet was in the bathroom.
All of these quirks, while unexpected, did not really pose a big problem for me as I was able to work around them. The one thing that really annoyed me was the towels. It would be an understatement to say the towels have seen better days. These towels were threadbare and dingy. Some of what I presumed were supposed to be white towels once upon a time were now gray. Dominique had asked us to be mindful of the number of towels we used so I restricted us to use one hand towel and one bath towel per person for the week. I just expected nicer towels...