Appartement Rouen 93 M2 plein centre historique

This is a beautiful, historical apartment with all of the French charm we were hoping for. Original wood floors , high ceiling, a lovely garden and functional kitchen. We enjoyed a few days in the garden on the sunny days It is a six minute walk to Vieux Marche in the old town. We felt very secure in the apartment . I would definitely stay again .

We really enjoyed our 10-day stay at Chantal's place. The apartment was large, bright, and comfortable. All the beds were great. The kitchen was minimalist, but we managed to prepare some wonderful meals. It was a short walk to the edge of the historic center, where you are never far from restaurants and cafés, boulangeries/pâtissiers, épiceries, boucheries, and poissoniers, etc. Chantal greered us warmly and was a great host.

We had an excellent week long stay in Rouen. The appartment had a lot of space, perfect for our three member family. The location, only a few minutes walk to the old city of Rouen was perfect as well. The appartment has a charming atmosphere, little out dated at some points.

It began with poor communication from the owner. That should have been our red flag. When she finally got back with instructions on how to enter the property, they were wrong. She provided a phone number, missing a digit, and an access code that was obsolete. What to do? Ultimately, we asked a local shop keeper if she knew the owner. She did and called her. After such a hassle, we got in. That's when the condition of the apartment became apparent. - No parking included, as advertised in listing. - Dust and grime throughout. - Mold in the bathroom and shower. - A set of doors to the outside did not close or lock. - Every time any resident in the building used the toilet, there was a loud, long groaning sound. This happened through the night. -There were two filthy towels left to use in the bathroom. - The AC flooded down the wall and onto a table and the floor below. Because there were no towels, we had to wipe up the water from the AC with a bedsheet. - There was a toilet plunger (!) left on the table in the middle of the living room. - All of our previous rentals offered a bit of coffee and/or tea, soap, S&P etc. to carry us for the first day. That was not the case with this rental. There is more to say, but let this suffice. Steer clear of this rental. We reached out to the owner and still have not heard from her. We left early the first morning and found a hotel. We are currently pursuing reimbursement through VRBO.

Thank you for letting us stay in the beautiful and central apartment.

The property was pretty much as described, and that's not a complaint. It was a charming apartment that was perfectly located to the historic district, as well as food, entertainment, etc. We enjoyed our stay, felt comfortable and safe and will likely consider it the next time we visit Rouen.

We enjoyed our stay in Rouen but thought it fair to set out the advantages and disadvantages of staying in this apartment. Pros: - It's a really good location, a short walk to the historic centre, and in a quiet neighbourhood, albeit busy road outside, (but double glazed so not noisy - There is A/C and as August temperatures in the upper 30s, we were glad of that - The kitchen was reasonably equipped, (see below) and the sitting room comfortably furnished - The building was originally quite a grand house and we enjoyed its character albeit now past its heyday - faded elegance says it all - There was easy parking outside (payable) - There is good wifi and despite previous comments we did not have any issues with internet provision. Cons: - the charges set out on the Homeaway site do not comprise the whole of the cost of the rental - cleaning fee and "linen" fee are additional. There is also a cash deposit to pay - there is also a potential charge for arriving outside the 5pm stated arrival time. We were arriving very late after docking at Dieppe at 10.30pm and we were asked to pay an additional fee to check in late – in spite of the advertised contact free check in. As a result of this we ended up staying somewhere else on the first night of our stay. - our experience with checking out was not good: on the day of departure we were due to leave at 9am but the housekeeper arrived early saying that she had to go to work, when we would have been entitled to stay until 12pm - the stated check out time. We felt this was rather rude and unhelpful - after making an inspection of the property before returning our deposit the housekeeper said that we needed to dry and put away the washing up. Given the absence of tea towel, washing up liquid and dishwasher this was quite difficult and rather annoying. The house description needs updating as it currently says that there is a dishwasher. - the overall welcome was diminished by there being no soap and less than half a roll of toilet paper.

Lovely, clean, and spacious apartment located within walking distance of Old Town Rouen.