This appartment is situated about a 5 min walk from a subways station and about 3-4 from a tram.
The place itself has huge potential of being really great but it’s missing some things.
First some things which you can’t really change - it’s noisy. When other tenants talk loudly you can hear it in your room.
The general area the appartment is located in is a bit trashy, not very pleasant to walk after dawn.
The things that could be done fairly easy with minimal effort:
- the bed is quite uncomfortable. When two people sleep in it - they will roll into the center of the matress. And its squiky.
- we could reall use a mirror in the room. Even a small one
- we also forgot to take a hairdryer with us and asked the hosts to lend us one, but they never answered our message
And now for the good stuff.
- the room we stayed in had a great, big terrace. I can imagine it’d be great to take advantage of in the summer time.
- the room is spacious and it outlooks a yard (instead of the street) so you dont really get any outside noises
- before arriving the owners have sent us a very detailed description on how to get to the appartment as well as some info on moving around in Brussels (ticket prices etc.)
- there’s a kitchen you can use. We didn’t but it’s there
- the check in and check out were self-served and painless
- it was a cheap stay. One of the cheapest we’ve found in Brussels at that time. So there’s definitely value there.
We never actually met the hosts in person (we arrived late at night) so it kind of felt more like a self-checkin hotel than an airbnb experience.
Overall our stay was OK but could have been better.