Positives:
Belma’s communication was prompt, courteous and timely.
Her apartment is close to Haus des Meeres and Schönbrunn Zoo, the attractions we wanted to see with our young daughter.
The apartment has a good layout with two lovely separate double bedrooms, which are spacious and nice with a sofa in each room as well as the double beds. The beds are comfortable. The larger bedroom has a desk as well.
The kitchen is compact with a fold down table. The bathroom is separate from the toilet and has a washing machine and a shower cubicle (no bath).
Belma was not in Vienna and her brother greeted us at the apartment.
It is possible to park on the street by the apartment from 6pm - 8am free of charge, and afterwards/beforehand for up to 3 hours paid parking is possible (parking ticket has to be bought in a kiosk).
Thick, heavy curtains that keep the light out well.
Belma provided a tower fan for each bedroom which made the stifling heat more bearable.
Negatives:
The noise. All the windows of the apartment look out on to a very, very busy road with trams and constant traffic going both ways. It was like sleeping in a train station. The heat. There is no air conditioning and even though the weather was cool outside (22-23 degrees during the day and less than that overnight...) it was 29-30 degrees inside (we have a digital thermometer for our little daughter) but due to all windows being on the same wall it was not possible to create an air flow and cool the apartment down. Also with the constant heavy traffic outside, we didn’t want to open the windows much and let the traffic fumes in.
Some other things. The apartment is not newly decorated. Partially maybe. The bedrooms looked nice but the wallpaper is peeling down in the toilet, there are two big cracks on the toilet wall (over 10 ins) and the bathroom cabinet is falling apart. :(
There is also an old extractor fan looking thing in the bathroom which is completely clogged up with dust and dirt.
One of the handles fell off the cabinet in the entry area leaving a sharp screw exposed. It was unexpected and disappointing as it’d have only taken a minute to either put the handle back on or remove the screw.