Paul was easy to communicate with before, during and after our visit. The flat is spacious and nicely decorated and the bathrooms are very modern and functional. The location is excellent. Having said that, there are a number of issues with the apartment that could be addressed to make the stay more comfortable.
First, the washing machine was in the back of the closet behind a drying rack covered with damp wadded up bedding and a vacuum cleaner. When we moved all of this into the hallway to get to the washer, we found it totally packed with damp bedding and towels. There was no way that little washer could have handled that much laundry! Onto the drying rack it went. We put the vacuum back into the closet and carefully tucked the tube alongside the washer.
That night we noticed the bedding smelled of mildew and we only had one bath towel and one hand towel in our bath. Our friends in the other bedroom also found their bedding smelled of mildew. After a day of the damp stuff in the hallway, the whole apartment began to smell of mildew so we started doing their laundry, one proper sized load at a time.
The other negatives in this listing are that, as other reviewers have noted, the furniture is either unusable or very uncomfortable and the entire building seems to be permanently surrounded by scaffolding which impacts the view from every window.
I hate giving negative reviews, but these things are all reparable and this could be a very nice apartment.