Melissa’s place is homey and nicely decorated. It’s a bit out of the way but is near to some up and coming trendy areas - either short bus or uber rides away. It feels like a very safe neighbourhood.
The weather was warm while we were here and the apartment became unbearably hot in all rooms except the bedroom where there is an absolutely necessary air con unit. It’s a heat trap everywhere else and impossible to spend time there if you want a quieter (or less expensive) evening in.
There was no duvet cover on the duvet, but there was a sheet under it and there were other sheets in a basket nearby so we fashioned ourselves a cover out of those. The mattress is very firm and extremely comfortable to sleep on.
The shower doesn’t work properly - it’s hard to control the temperature so it’s either burning hot or freezing cold. The pressure is terrible as you can’t fully switch over from the bath tap to the shower. So half the water and pressure is wasted as the water is split between shower head and bath tap.
Overall it was fine but those things would have made quite a big difference if they were fixed.