This apartment was everything we could have wanted in a Parisian vacation rental, and at a wonderful price. While I'd consider the size a bit small by American standards, in shopping for a rental for our vacation on HomeAway (a.k.a. Abritel), I found that this was rather large. Indeed, in spending two weeks here, the size was very welcome. The apartment is situated over 2 stories, with entry, half-bath, kitchen, living/dining room and lower balcony on the first floor, and large closets, bedroom, upper balcony, and full bath on the second floor (actually the 6th and 7th stories in American numbering). We honestly had no complaints about the apartment during our stay. The area is WONDERFUL. It's a 5-10 min walk to a large RER B/metro 4 and 6 stop, with other metro stops just as close by. If you want to take a break from the RER the apartment is a short walk from the city center (Notre Dame), and I never felt unsafe en route or in the area surrounding the apartment. The view of the sunset from the balcony was really a great thing to watch at the end of the day. There are two Monoprix supermarkets within 10 min walk, and a couple of other supermarkets we didn't get a chance to visit. On the main thoroughfare close to the apartment, we could find everything we could think of—supermarkets, kodak photo store to have our metro pass photos taken and printed, McDonalds, shopping, etc... There's an internet cafe/copy shop close to the McDonalds where we printed Disneyland Paris tickets--it's a must to buy ahead of time if you're there when a Mini ticket would work. There's an Office Depot right around the corner from the apartment if you're there on business. The wifi in the apartment was very quick--about 10mb down by 1 mb up. We had local sim cards for our iphones while we were there, and the service in the area was excellent, and affordable. Checkin and checkout were very simple, and quick. To echo another recent comment, it's highly recommended that someone in your party speak French for checkin and checkout--it will make things much easier. Even with our limited French, they were very gracious in working with us, and we were grateful for that. I hope to have the opportunity to stay in this apartment again in the future.