This is an excellent place to stay if you want to be so close to Ghent centre but not ‘in’ the centre. It is apartment style accommodation on the ground floor of a larger old building that has been modernised. You also get the added advantage of a small private court yard to the rear.
The layout is great and worked really well for us. We had the main bedroom to the rear, whilst our daughter had the bed settee in the lounge which she said was comfortable. Despite being right on a street, it is in a quiet area and we didn’t have any outside disturbance.
Inside, the décor and layout is quite modern and quirky and refreshing. Only minor criticism is that the kitchen doesn’t have a proper oven – we just like to do some simple cooking i.e. shop bought bread rolls that need baking in the oven with ham and boiled eggs is an ideal start to the day for us, but we couldn't bake in a microwave oven!!
Only other comment is that Rudy makes it quite clear in the welcome info pack that they ask you to respect the neighbours and keep noise to a minimum. This is totally understandable and we welcome that, but being on the ground floor, there is obviously a room above and you can hear people moving about quite a bit. This isn’t anything negative on the apartment as you can’t do anything about the building, its just a note to warn others that it can be quite annoying if you fancy an early night or a lie-in in the morning.
Overall this was a great place for us and Rudy and Esmeralda are first class hosts with great communication. Thank you to you both!