this is one of those apartments that is truly difficult to write my review for. it was kind of a LOVE - HATE experience.
Because in sooo many ways it is an AMAZING place and the HOST is truly NICe and yet at the same time, there are so many things that need improvement.
Positives:
+ amazing location - bus right there to take you to downtown, and one of the nicest and liveliest area full of shops, bars and restos, right around the corner
+ garden with raspberries :) and green gras. Loved it!
+ blinds in the bedroom, so that despite the bedroom is facing the street, you can sleep well
+ lots of light in the afternoon
+ great space to work from with lovely view on the garden (I moved the desk to have the view)
+ the whole apartment is spacious and feels really peaceful
+ great communication with the host
+ enough coffee provided
+ detergent for the waching machine and dishwasher provided (it was a long stay in my case)
+ cosy feel of the place
And yet, there are many things that the host needs to attent to:
- the host used to have a cat and that fact is not mentioned on the apartment profile... so there was animal hair and a very strong smell until I decided to wash all the covers of all the pillows and all the blankets and clean the place also in hidden corners like under the bed, under the sofa.
- cleanliness - if you need your Airbnb to be clean, look elsewhere. at the first glance it felt clean, but drawers in the kitchen, under the sofa, under the bed etc... not clean. for someone having a dust alergy, not fun...
- few drawers broken...
- lack of space to hang clothes
- host has her own belongings in the place, which is perfectly OK, but the probalem is that the for example the cupboards in the kitchen felt cluttered and were anything but clean. For example, there was no space in the freezer (sometimes one wants to put a pizza into a freezer, or ice cream) etc etc.
I hope the owner will manage to sort this out and improve the place and if she doesn, this could an AMAZING PLACE to be in in Brussels.