We had a little miscommunication with Firat when appointing check-in time but we managed it by checking in the morning after with no cancellation the night prior. Booked for 4 nights.

The house is about 15 mins walk to Dampoort station, and 30 mins to centre of town. Neighborhood is safe and clean.

Jethro (not sure if correct spelling) met us at the door upon arrival. We did not meet Firat as he was overseas. Jethro lives in the house and gave us a little tour. Very lovely place and the room looks exactly as in the photos. There were complete Gent guide and event books on the table along with water, coffee etc. The bed and pillows are nice and the room is as cosy as we thought it would be.

However, we did not realise that the toilet is 2 floors below and the shower another floor below it... the shower door is kind of stuck so I had to lift up to close it (even then, can't close completely) and there's no lock.. in fact, there's no lock in the bedroom either. Coming from another country we weren't sure if this is the norm but I had to accompany my lady to shower. I'm not used to sleeping in a stranger's house with an unlocked door too. The toilet next to the kitchen, which I had to use at 3 am, did not have a working light. So in the dark, I ran my fingers along the cable from the bulb to where I thought should be the light switch but instead, ran through an open wire and so electrocuted myself. No choice but to use the toilet in the dark then.

Another point, there was no mirror in the bedroom so my lady had to use my ipad to put on her make up.

Firat gave instructions on how to check out and dispose our garbage according to waste type which we did dutifully only to realise later that the kitchen bin was already mixed and full. We did what we could to the instructions so hopefully didn't mess too much. Sorry Jethro!