Excellent location and amenities in the building.
Clean apartment, but very untidy closets, with almost no room for guest to keep their things. After an 18 hour journey, I had to spend an hour just making space for my things in the bedroom closet and bathroom.
A lot of minor things accumulated to make the stay uncomfortable and very stressful overall:
- fob broken meaning couldn't be attached to a keychain,
- door handle didn't work properly so it was very difficult to lock when leaving the apartment. I would have to manually put it in lock position from inside, then insert the key, and unlock, then lock the door from the outside! EVERY TIME!
- no lamp in bedroom, which means bedside reading wasn't possible. When I asked host for a lamp, she simply stated, "I don't have a lamp", so I bought one from IKEA for my 2 week stay
- very little space between bed and closet, which made it difficult to access it
- very uncomfortable high dining table with unstable barstools, making it difficult to get on and off (i'm an athletic daily gym-goer so this isn't a fitness issue)
- the bedroom has very little ventilation as there's no windows and the vent is very small, and very little air comes in even at full speed setting
Communication with the host was very poor, in that I was never able to speak with or meet her. All conversation was through airbnb messages, which made it very impersonal and I felt like my needs as a guest were simply not met or taken care of. Due to this reason, I didn't feel comfortable to express most of my complaints to the host.
Given the above issues, I generally felt that this host simply didn't have any care or concern for her guests. This is the first time I'm giving such a negative review on airbnb.
Overall, once the host fixes the above issues, including her unwillingness to speak over the phone, it's an excellent location to stay. however, until then, it's very uncomfortable and unwelcoming.