The location was central, right in the heart of Ghent but this also means absolutely no sleep on Friday or Saturday nights as the silent disco opposite spills out onto the street from 10pm until 5am with everyone yelling, screaming and laughing so loud that it feels like they’re actually in the apartment with you. If that doesn’t wake you, the patrons from the disco constantly buzzing your room from where they continue to party in the foyer of the building definitely will. Of a morning the foyer to the building is that thick with smoke you can barely breath. Some would say, turn the tv up to drown out the noise, well if the TV actually worked we would. We were greeted with no internet or tv and told that it couldn’t be fixed until after we checked out. A message appears on the tv saying that it had been shut off to our apartment, not sure if it was cut off or a technical problem. Either way, no internet when traveling really isn’t acceptable.
The mattresses on the single beds are atrocious and the pillows are pretty much empty cases, we chose to use couch cushions instead.
Being an Airbnb we assumed there would be a toaster available but again, we were wrong. The crockery looked like it had all been purchased from a second hand store and was not great. The stairs are a death trap but we knew that from other reviews so we weren’t surprised.
I’ve never given a negative review before and never thought I would but this place was not as described and definitely not what we paid for. I’d definitely keep looking for different accommodation given another chance.