Easy checkin with keys in lockbox by door. Apt is bigger than pictures highlight, it's an actual 1-bedroom PLUS study! Extra room to spread out and do homework (my case), where I would setup my clothes to dry. Nice appliances, great to have a washer, place to hang clothes to dry, then iron and ironing board. Super convenient to everywhere on foot. Lots of maps, brochures about the region available.

Host was always responsive answering my questions, would have been nice to have a short list at apt as to where to take trash, for example (not apparent for people who don't live in France). A few nights, there was some random noise from the streets with the windows open (students out and about...). A few items that would make stay even more extraordinary: more cutlery as I ran out before dishwasher was even half full. A rolling shopping cart would have been great for shopping at Les Halles and other markets.