Fairly clean apartment, recently renovated as described, but reeks of cigarette smoke. Catherine has put multiple “no smoking” signs around the place but it’s readily apparent that this is not followed, the smell as you walk in is overwhelming. We are non-smokers and were unable to tolerate the smell which is soaked into the furniture, bed linen and drapes. Contacted Catherine about it, but didn’t get a response until we contacted Airbnb support. She stated the smell is from the neighbours, but the hallway between the apartments is fine and fresh. Weather was too cold to open the windows for reprieve, so in the end we opted to cancel our stay and found alternative accommodation.
Other small gripes were lack of hand soap in the bathroom, so bring your own, and no easy access to a washing machine. (And the please don’t poo sign in the shower is a bit odd)
As per other reviews, there is night-time noise from the restaurants etc below, so may be a problem for light sleepers.