Marc’s place in Ghent is awesome. We loved it. It was absolutely clean and very neatly designed apartment with modern Ikea furniture. The apartment was in the second floor with the attic for bedroom and shower. Carrying heavy luggage to the apartment via steep staircase was not easy. There was no private place for shower, it was open in the bedroom. The toilet was on the main floor, which was a bit inconvenient, but we managed. We stayed there for 6 days with my wife and 8-years old child. Marc provided an additional bed which was very nice. The living room, kitchen and the bedroom were awesome. However, I would not recommend it for family with baby and toddler. The bedroom is accessible via a steep staircase and there was no guard on the top floor, so you have to absolutely careful when coming down or hanging cloths near the open floor to prevent any fall.
The place is very conveniently located near city central. We walked frequently and loved the atmosphere. It was also close to the University of Ghent Faculty of Bioscience Engineering campus, were I was working for my stay at Ghent. There’s tram line in the street and it was super easy to travel via tram to and from the train station or city centre. There was Proxy super market about 10 minutes walk.
The only thing which we were not happy about this place was the initial trouble we faced. After checking in the first thing we wanted was to get internet connection for our phones. In a foreign country it was the most important thing for us. Marc provided all the necessary information, but the internet did not work. We had a lot of trouble and I had to use my roaming cellular data to contact Marc. He came after a couple of hours and was able to fix it. There was something broken. Then, we also realized that many things were missing, no microwave, no hand washing soap, no dish washing soap, no soap for the washer. However, Marc was very helpful and next day he was able to provide those things. Then, the next day we figured out that the dish washer was not working. Again Marc came the next day and he had to pull the whole machine out of the cabinet to fix the electrical plug. Also, construction work in the next apartment was quite noisy sometimes. Anyway, except these few things, everything was smooth and we would love to come back again.