I’ve literally never written a bad review but this was quite a rough experience for 10 people. It’s possible that our experience was exacerbated because it was the weekend of Tomorrowland so theres that. But i feel that people should really know what they are booking.
I’m giving 2 stars and not less because it is really cheap and it’s also in a great location of Antwerp and the staff who seem to be running a bunch of airbnbs were super nice people.
Outside of that, our stay was a disaster. But if you’re just looking for a really cheap place to stay with hardly the basics then this actually isn’t that bad!
1. On the listing it says 1.5 bathrooms, but they are lying because this place has 1 toilet and 1 shower. Which was gvery frustrating for 10 people to try to share and we definitely felt cheated (especially because the hiked the prices up for Tomorrowland).
2. The shower flooded the bathroom the first night due to some pre-existing issue with the drain. Thankfully they came to fix it once it started to leak down to the other apartment, but it must have seeped into odd areas of the bathroom because then the apartment smelled like mold and sewage for the rest of our stay.
3. It was EXTREMELY loud all night long, every single night we stayed there and none of us slept almost the entire weekend because it was so hot, so we had to keep the windows open, but this meant that we had to listen to drunk people screaming and playing music until 7/8am. No exaggeration people screaming at the top of their lungs right outside our window. It was awful. So it’s not on “a quiet” street like they say. Just bring earplugs if you book lol.
4. Other things that made it uncomfortable: no hook for the toilet paper so it had to stay on the floor of the tiny bathroom?? like it can’t be that expensive to buy a little TP holder. Also not one hook in the entire apartment to hang all the wet towels from 10 people showering.
5. This place is on the 3rd floor and there are no elevators which they don’t mention in the listing either. So just be prepared to lug all your luggage up. Also the bedrooms in the apartment also require a flight of very steep and small stairs.
Overall, i guess you get what you pay for. If you’re willing to experience something not that nice and on the cheap side then definitely go for it. But if you prefer at least nice basics and sleep then i’m not sure this place is for you. Especially with a big group and only 1 toilet.