Our party of three spent a week here in April, 2019 (myself along with my 14-year-old son and my mother in her sixties.) The apartment was spacious and well-equipped. The location was as described, very close to the Arc de Triomphe and very close to the Etoile Metro station. (However, on the weekends the nearest metro stations are closed due to the Yellow Vest protests. Plan accordingly.) The view from the 6th floor is lovely and luckily there is an elevator in the building.
Francois, the owner of the apartment, was very friendly and he met us upon our arrival and welcomed us with cold drinks. We could have done with a more thorough orientation of the apartment as it took us several days to find a few items like the toaster and a full-size broom. We did have a problem with the bathtub drain not draining very well, but Francois came over the next morning and had it fixed. We very much enjoyed coming “home” to the large, sunny living room and dining room after a day of sightseeing. There was plenty of room for the three of us. The master bedroom is a good size. The second bedroom with two twin beds is very small and the bedspreads are dated, but the place is kept clean and tidy. We stayed in the month of April and it was already getting warm at night, so I can’t imagine what July and August would be like with no air conditioning, but we were comfortable during our stay.
My only complaint is that it has been almost two weeks since we checked out and I still do not have my security deposit back, despite emailing the owner and the property manager and asking for it. Francois himself met us at checkout and everything was perfectly in order, so it would have been great to get the deposit back in a more timely manner. It was not a small sum of money. Apparently VRBO will refund it automatically in a few days if he doesn’t get around to doing it. Other than that, the apartment was a good fit for our vacation.