This studio, though small (naturally) is cute and well designed both aesthetically and functionally. The compact kitchen in a cupboard is ingenious! The bathroom with shower is actually quite spacious, much more so than other larger rental apartments I have used. I do wish, however, that the water pressure was better and that it was possible to get the water temperature a bit hotter (we could only get it slightly above lukewarm). But not a big deal, it was still usable / acceptable.
I really liked that the checkin and checkout process was electronic, in which a few days prior to checkin, I was send the code for the building security and another code for the apartment’s key lockbox. That meant that we could arrive anytime after checkin time, and depart anytime before checkout time, without worrying about having to meet someone at a specific time.
The only thing I must warn about is the street noise. The location of the apartment (about a block or two from Grand Place) is idéal during the day and early evening. We could quickly walk to many shops and restaurants both within Grand Place on on the surrounding streets, and many of the streets (including the one on which the apartment is located) are pedestrian only.
However, late at night, the situation changes, with many drunk people congregating and walking in the hour, yelling at each other just below the apartment. They aren’t dangerous by any means, just very loud. This went on every night of our 3 night stay, all night. Before midnight, it was mainly people eating in the cafes below, and the noise level was acceptable. But from midnight to 7am, the noise from the drunks was horrible. The drunks were really still walking through at 7am! We got no more than an hour or two of sleep each night.
On our last night, we did finally notice ear plugs on the shelf above the bed. I wish we had seen them before as they would have helped. However, we couldn’t use them that last night as we were afraid we would not hear our morning alarm and perhaps miss our train.
I would certainly recommend this apartment with a single caveat, use the ear plugs or bring your own. Otherwise you won’t get any sleep.