Residence Cerise Maisons-Laffitte

The nice thing about this place is that for a good price you have a self-​catering apartment with a very basic stove, pots, pans, glasses and cutlery close to Paris. 12 euros per day buys you a daypass on the RER train to Paris, a ticket you can use the whole day in the Metro system as well.
Reception was friendly, parking in the garage is 11 Euro per day if you take the car. Around the hotel there is only paid parking. No problem when we asked for extra coffee in the room. A/​C blows nice and cold in Summer. Wifi is free with a code you get upon arrival.
There are downsides to this place as well:
When we arrived there was piss in the toilet. We thought just to flush and get it dealt with. However the smell of piss never left our room during the 2 days we stayed. Please don’t do like we did and put up with it, demand a nicer smelling room right away while you still can.
Our free wifi access was cut at 6:00 am on the day we left. Preparations for a new guest in our room including their wifi password dictated our access had to be cut. A request to have it reinstated at the front desk was not greeted with a lot of eagerness to help.
Room and bathroom are outdated but ok. The carpeting is downright nasty with many undetermined stains. We would advise linoleum flooring for easy cleaning. Seats of the chairs in the room are too dirty to touch.
A bit of renovation work would move this review to 3 stars but smells and stains kept that from happening this time.