Paris Apartment - Studio in Opéra (PA-4472)

Hi Inanna:

So happy for you to have graduated. Bravo, jeune demoiselle! These have been some hard two years of Covid to endure.
I know how much you liked the studio from all your emails and how well it worked out for you. I was fortunate to have you despite all your back and forth traveling back to shelter with your parents. You have been though a model of a student renter. I am truly happy for you in you finishing your schooling@AU Paris.
All the best to you in your next endeavors.

Liliane
Ps: we are all glad the plumbing issue have been resolved once we know to use only biodegradable environmental friendly bathroom tissue paper and part of the Paris charm! ;0)

Issouf,
I am sorry to hear that your stay was not satisfying.
However, we did everything we could to accommodate you. We bought a harder mattress when you complained about the old one which was brand new but too soft, and you took advantage of the optic fiber without having to pay for the subscription. You were not able to switch on the wall heater, pretending that it was not working and we immediately bought extra heating. So you had two heaters. The person in charge would have helped you out if you had called her as agreed. You didn't do it and the second heater was working in its place.
The apartment, in a luxury building, is as shown in NYH's description, and we can't add more storage for your shirts even though you had 6 drawers in the dresser and two hanging rails. However, you used an extra table and armchair that our previous student left and you managed to put them next to the window.
The co-ownership rule is no noise allowed after 10 pm and also out of courtesy for the neighbor who lives on the 5th floor. But of course you can use the toilets that you clogged with an excess of non biodegradable toilet paper. I had to pay for the plumber bill.
The apartment is at market price. You could have left any time you liked, with a legal duration notice, if it didn't fit your budget. Still, you stayed for 17 months. And also you gave me an ultimatum by email stating your early departure, immediately after your last exam, and demanding your deposit on the spot without doing an inventory of fixtures. This was unprofessional.
Besides, may I remind you that I proposed, out of kindness, in Spring 2017, to offer you at my expense a "free housekeeping service" because I thought you were young and nice, and that you would have liked it and accepted!
Regarding the deposit, the utility cost exceeded the amount included in your rent. So I deducted it partially from your deposit and sent you the proofs of all the electricity bills.
The studio apartment wasn't left in the same cleaned condition as when you entered it. We had to ask our cleaning lady to do a more thorough cleaning than usual. She also had to replace some of the crockery and a big frying pan that you damaged, and bring a soiled blanket to the dry cleaner. We have kept the photos to back it up and sent them to you.
That being said, I am extremely surprised and skeptical about your silence during all these months about the noise or the lack of quietness (sic!) that you never mentioned in your numerous emails. You didn't have any neighbors and you were at the end of the hallway, far from the main staircase and the lift. I don't see how you could have been bothered by the lack of quietness. There's no place more peaceful than this studio.
According to your grumpy review, it seems like a little fly has bitten you because your feedback is completely in conflict with the reality. I spent quite some time in this small studio in order to check if nothing was missing on a daily basis. And I can confirm that. If the surface area was too small, you should have looked for something bigger.
Again, I am sorry that you thought the studio wasn't in your budget and I hope this is the only reason why you didn't enjoy your time in Paris. I doubt you would find a better place in Germany, in a similar area and a period building.
Best regards,

Thank you Maria, you were the perfect tenant. All the fees were included in the rental price which also covered the fees of the cleaning lady who came several times... and who also came to help you out on a very windy day at midnight when you locked yourself outside of the apartment! For your comfort, I also installed a ceiling fan. Since then, we became friends with Maria, thank you New York Habitat.