Brussels is a fantastic city, for sure we will come back. But also for sure, we won‘t book this appartment a second time. We can’t recommend the appartment.
We should have better read all the evaluations from other guests before, and not only after our arrival in Brussels.
The host says that feedback from guests is so important to improve and that the guests could give some hints how to improve. And, that he doesn’t have eyes to see everything.
In our opinion this is hypocritical talk, good communication and self marketing, it would be enough if the host would take the evaluations seriously and change these things. Lots of the hints which have been given in other evaluations, hints to improve have not been implemented yet.
And, we appreciate honesty. The photes don’t correspond to reality. And even the text doesn‘t. In the offer you can read: The appartment is just renovated completely and furnished with new bedding. But when??? 5, 6, 10 years ago? Concerning the sofa bed in the living room (photo 6 „new sofa“) the armrest was broken and one of the pillows was replaced by another pillow from another sofa, and the second sofa (photo 3, sofa with pillows), this sofa was completely damaged and covered with a bed sheet. Usable only to put clothes!
We have booked the appartment for our family, two adults and our 15 year old son.
The master bedroom was prepared with bedding, but for our son, there was only a sheet on the sofa in the living room. No duvet and no pillow, no duvet cover and no pillowcase. The sheet did not suit for the sofa so we put it on the futon bed. We looked in all the wardrobes and finally found the duvet and pillow and the duvet cover (much too big for the duvet but okay) and the pillowcase.
The first night for our son has been very uncomfortable and bad. When he moved in the futonbed, this was so noisy that we heard it in the master bedroom and we were all awake. So the second night we proposed to sleep on the sofa, but as the sheet did not fit, we put the futon mattress on the sofa. As the mattress of the sofa was like a V (dig in the middle), the night was not better.
Third and fourth night we put the futon mattress on the floor, this was a bit hard but he could sleep !
There was even less than a half toilet paper roll when we arrived and didn’t find another roll. 3 persons, 4 nights. We asked if it would be possible to get some other toilet paper rolls and we got one (1) more!!!
The shower also was not good, very littre pressure and poor water flow, it took a really long time to wash off the soap and shampoo. Luckily my hair are not so long …… And temperature is difficult to manage and changes slowly.
We only got towels for two persons but as the shower was so bad, this was sufficient!
The appartment is badly soundproofed, the neighbours make a lot of noise when they quit their appartment and you always hear the closing of the door. By the way we have been asked not to make noise!
The appartment was very dirty, seems that the radiators have not been cleaned since a very long time. In the kitchen, there was a gap between the window and worktop and in our opinion, nobody cleaned here since the last renovation.
On the terrace there were two cups with lots of cigarettes from other guests which have not been thrown away.
The bar stools are taped, but they are anyway very rickety and instabile and useful only to put clothes or other light stuff (not persons, too dangerous!)
The rubbish bin in the bathroom should be changed, you can’t open it with the food pedal without tipping.
We were not allowed to open the curtains in the master bedroom so it was really dark, light couldn’t come in.
To sum up, the appartment is much too expensive for what you get.
The plus of the appartment is the location, it is very well located, near a good bakery, tram stop, restaurants and shops.