My eight week stay in the apartment was mixed. Overall, it is nice, neat and it seems quite newly made. The location is great to explore the city center. However, it is also very noisy due to the bar and street below. There were no cleaning supplies, or basic supplies of spices, oils or similar in the apartment. The windows also were quite dirty when moving in and the kettle had a lot of lime. Only one bed linen is also not enough for 2 months and 50€ to rent another one is quite expensive. The shower does not drain properly and the fittings are loose - something has to be done here.
So far, so good for the first month.
It became problematic when I got an electric shock in the shower at the beginning of the second month. It turned out that the entire apartment had no proper grounding. The communication with the agency went well, but initially only a handyman (who was no electrician and did neither speak English nor French) came to fix it. After the handyman claimed to have fixed the issue, I went to a store nearby and purchased a screwdriver to check if electricity was on metalic surfaces. Turns out there was current on the metalic surfaces of the dishwasher and on all grounds of the power sockets. The handyman did not fix anything, and as a proper electrician a few days later noticed, the appartment had no proper grounding and living in the appartment was quite dangerous. In such a case, I would have liked an expert to come directly.
Unfortunately, half the time I could not use the dishwasher and oven, and some of the workmen came into the apartment without my permission. I missed two days of work because I stayed at home, waiting for workers, and I would recommend it to everyone, because they didn’t understand the problem at first. House management is definitely lacking here.
Another time the elevator did not work and I had to wait two hours in the hallway, because no one had a key to the stairwell and did not speak English or French.
I asked for a rent reduction, but to this day I have not received a response.
The stay was overall not bad, and the communication with the agency was also ok, but the problems mentioned negatively influenced the overall impression of the stay. It could have gone much better, especially regarding the high rent.