DO NOT BOOK THIS AIRBNB.
I stayed at Alin’s place for three nights. I’ve quite a few suggestions to make-
1. It is mentioned in his rule book that there’s ‘FLEXIBLE CHECK IN AND CHECK OUT’. Thats not true. You can access the room ONLY after 2pm.
When we arrived, the room was completely ready with no guests in it. They could have given us the room, but they refused to. I didn’t understand why Alin refused to give the room before 2pm if it was ready and the previous guests had already checked out way before. Terrible. You’ve to take care of the customers and ensure no discomfort is caused to them. On the contrary, they could have given us the room, however he refused to. It was extremely rude as well.
2. He in fact threatened us that he will remove us from the appartment when we requested the maid to let us enter before 2pm as the room was ready.
3. There’s no seating area in the hall. You’ve to stand till 2pm if you arrive early.
4. He is NOT AT ALL helpful. I’ve stayed in more than 10 AirBnbs and I’ve never had any issues. I’d requested Alin to help me out with taxi services as I had an early morning 4am flight. He refused to help me by saying that he’s not running any ‘ Travel agency’. A host to Airbnb should at least help the customers with taxi services for pick up and drop to the airport.
5. The room is NOT BIG. It’s a deceptive picture taken from a perfect angle to make it look big. In fact it was difficult for two people to sleep in one bed. Bed isn’t the king size bed.
6. The entrance to appartment is really narrow and it was smelling really bad.
7. The hot water is not continuous and there was shortage of water supply as well.
8. Alin has kept private cupboard in every room and other places as well. It caused us lot of discomfort as his belongings were kept there like clothes etc. I don’t know if you can keep private spaces in the room you’ve given to the guest.
9. The cleaning lady came only oncd before we checked in. For the remaining three days, our room wasn’t cleaned even once.
10. There’s only ONE WASHROOM with three rooms. It again causes major inconvenience.
11. The location is quite far from the city centre. It is at least 20 minutes walking which is quite far from brussles standards. There are others Airbnbs around the Louise area at a better price.
I STRONGLY ADVICE EVERYONE TO NOT BOOK THIS APPARTMENT.