Rico’s place is well located near nice restaurants, cafes, shopping, and public transportation. The space is big and it is nice to be able to spread out. It is a pleasant, 15-20 minute walk to the city center.
The cons: it’s a 6 floor walkup to the apartment, and another one floor up to the bedroom once inside the apartment. There is a small elevator that goes between floor 1.5 and 5.5, but there are many families in the building who need the elevator for strollers, etc., so it is better not to use that.
The apartment is large enough to fit 5 people, spread over 3 different spaces, but there is only 1 fan provided for the apartment, so most of the spaces are stuffy and hot in summer.
The beds are not very comfortable and the pillows deflate immediately.
There are many light switches which turn on no lights in the apartment, because the lightbulbs have been removed. This is inconvenient at night and makes the place quite shadowy.
The apartment was not very clean upon arrival: the shower door has a lot of mildew on it, there is dust all over, and the bedsheets don’t seem very clean—that may be because the washing machine itself is not clean. The detergent compartment is also filled with mildew and the washer drum is not clean and smells bad.
The WiFi works in only one part of the apartment: the upstairs bedroom with a double bed.
Rico was easy to communicate with before arrival, but upon arrival was very rushed and left without saying anything about the area. We didn’t have any other interaction after that.
Overall a nice location to stay, but the apartment must be made much cleaner and a more comfortable temperature to be recommended.