Karina and Patrick were absolutely lovely hosts. Our arrival time kept changing and they were gracious, responsive and accommodating. The apartment is in a wonderful location, tucked into a fairly quiet street, but just steps away from several restaurants. This area of Ghent is very walkable and charming.
In addition to giving us one of her beautiful handmade soaps, Karina supplied us with maps and advice for getting around town, taking trains, renting bikes, etc. She was readily available and abundantly cheerful.
The apartment is on the ground floor, below Karina & Patrick's home, with a shared main entrance. Karina's soaps and products line the hall of the entryway, which is very cool. The apartment itself has been carefully decorated, with breakfast settings on the little kitchen table, and fresh flowers in a vase with our name on it!
Karina & Patrick put a lot of care into their BnB, and they run it beautifully.
I will share a few minor 'cons', because these may be useful for people to know:
The bathroom door doesn't reach the ceiling. It's more of a 'saloon door' and offers little privacy. I was very glad that this was not our first romantic weekend away together, otherwise we would have had a problem.
The place is pretty small. The bed takes up most of the main room, so there wasn't much space to hang out.
Even though it's on a quiet street, the window is right at street level, so you hear people passing by. The street gets very little vehicle traffic, but when a car drives by, it can be loud. Additionally, you can hear the next-door neighbor through the wall - but Karina & Patrick have worked out a code with him: knock 3 times if his TV's too loud & he'll turn it down! This was not a problem for us, but worth noting for light sleepers.
Finally, we recommend using the mosquito net over the bed - we thought this was just for decoration (it looks very pretty), but with no screens on the windows, it did come in handy. The apartment can get warm with the windows closed.
Overall we had a lovely stay and I highly recommend Karina & Patrick as hosts.