In 2020 we would go to Claudia's apartment on the Neubaugasse in Vienna. Covid blocked that. We were able to cancel unconditionally and promised ourselves a new trial. Now, in 2022, we have lived there for four days. In the meantime, all 5 of us are (well) over 70 years old. That made the wonderful apartment in that lovely spot in Vienna a challenge. It is located in a small alley accessible through a large round gate on Neubaugasse 62 (look for it on internet)
The apartment consists of three floors with on the third floor a bedroom and the living room with sofas and TV. Except for the friend who slept there (76 years old), none of us has been there more than once. The kitchen, located on the second floor became our living room... also cozy.
One drawback was that all wardrobes and hangers were on that second floor, as well as two bedrooms, the single one of which was accessible via the double. That 'back' bedroom therefore remained unused for privacy reasons: our 76-year-old friend preferred to climb the second staircase (but had to descent to take a shower or to go to the toilet).
My love and I slept on the ground floor: a seat, a box spring, a small shower annex toilet (or... a small toilet annex shower). We would have liked a little shelf for our toiletries.
The building is old, but our apartment was clean and well equipped (although we missed an extractor hood that day we cooked ourselves). The location is great.
The alley is currently being renovated and we have noticed that the masons, plasterers, window framers, tilers and so on all have their own van that just fit in the alley and form a train. We have also noticed that these workers start early and work late. But don't worry, we haven't had any problems with it. We were Viennese for four nice days thanks to that gem on the Neubaugasse.
Geerte, Peter, Raymonde, Maria en Wim