Hello everyone,
I have spent four months in the place of Maarten and Romina. I have experienced them as very friendly and open people.
The place itself was what i had issues with and as it is their responsibility to take care of it, i had my issues with them as well.
It started as soon as I arrived at the house. Romina welcomed me and was very friendly. But when showing me around the house me (and my parents, who were accompanying me) were stunned, to say the least. The staircase in the house, in which the studios are located, was just concrete and seemed like it was it was in the middle of construction which Romina said it actually was but it would get finished during my stay (it didn’t and another tenant told me that it had been like that already for months before). The bottom of the stairs, the first step was a stool, which made climbing the stairs a little adventure every time.
The kitchen was pretty well-equipped, however, the dishwasher was not working, despite having dirty dishes in it. Moreover, there was trash piling in the kitchen and the fridge was dirty and full of stuff of former tenants.
The room was, apart from the rest of the place, nicely furnished and the reason why i decided not to abort the booking altogether. It had a very comfortable size, enough light through twi huge windows (even though one was not functioning) a modern sink and a bed with the option to let someone sleep over. Hence, i was very pleased with the room itself.
The toilet with sink that was supposed to be right next to the room on the same floor, was merely a room with stuff in it and the parts you’d need to install a wc. Romina explained that it would be installed within the next week, maybe 2 ( it took 1 month for the toilet to be installed, after pressing Romina to please take care of it. a sink was never installed, and the room remained a storage room for parts of the kitchen furniture).
The bathroom which was located on the second floor, was nicely equipped but there was a considerable amount of mold growing in it, which again was supposed to get fixed quickly. It didn’t. I have not used the bathroom during my stay and decided to rather shower at my gym than in that bathroom, also for my health.
The reason why i did not leave the room, was because i did not have the time nor the money to find something comparable and i knew that i could make it work. Would i know about all of this beforehand, i would have never booked the room.