This accommodation, at the back of a lovely house, offers a wonderful location in a lovely neighborhood. It is quiet, functional and very clean, with comfortable beds, and has most of what is needed for a short stay.
Note that it is not located in the house picture on it’s Airbnb profile image but at the back of it—you only enter through the door shown on the Airbnb profile and then make your way to another little house located at the back and opening on the back street.
As some visitors have noted before, the bottom floor does have a persistent smell of humidity —probably something usual in a city with so many canals. The smell is felt in the entrance and the bathroom but not in the bedrooms nor the main living/ kitchen space on the first floor. It is also not a sign of dirt: the apartment is really spotless. And the stairs are really steep and narrow so this place is definitively not recommended for small kids.
This is also no “meet the owner and get her-his personalized tips about the neighborhood” kind of place. The owners are very responsive and polite but, although they live in the same house, there is no personal interaction and not interest in visitors other than the barely logistical or commercial. This is reflected in the accommodation’s interior decor: functional but no apparent effort is made to create a particularly cosy or personal atmosphere. Here, like in so many airbnbs, Ikea reigns supreme.
That being said the neighborhood has tons to offer, just like this gem of a city. It’s a delight to wander in the little streets around the house. We discovered lovely stores, fantastic restaurants (you are just round the corner from Karel de Stoute), tons of great cafes and bars and it was a wonderful experience to live right in the midst of all this.