Normally I don’t give reviews but, in this case, I felt obligated to do so. I use Airbnb’s when I travel with my family (I have three children the youngest being only 4 years old) and even when we are in holidays routine is very important to me so I like to put them to sleep at certain times and that includes most of the times having to give them dinners at home so I cook for them. Also, since we are a family of five and we were traveling for 8 days, I rented this places looking to have an organize environment without having to see clothes inside of a suitcase in the ground which is what will normally happen in a hotel since their rooms don’t really have much cupboard space.
Before I agreed to rent Carl’s place, I contacted him and explain that I was interested in his place, because the pictures were making it look great and also the location was perfect for me. However, I was concerned because it was only 2 bedrooms and we are 5 so I asked if the sofa was a sofa bed. He said no, but he explains that he was in the process to acquire a new sofa that will be a sofa bed.
We rented the place from the 27th of December to the 4th of January. We arrived the 27th very late and exhausted after a long flight. I was terrified when I walked into the apartment and I realized how tiny it was, the photographer really did a fantastic job because this apartment is half the size that the pictures make it out to be. The Sofa was not a bed so for the first night I had to join two single chairs to let my children sleep in it. Each room had a closet, one only had a rod and 6 hangers no drawers or any other space to put the clothes. The second room closet had 3 shelves full of sheets so again no place to pack the clothes. So, I end up having to use the ground and two chairs to organize my family’s clothes.
Right away I contacted Carl and explain that the place was really smaller than the pictures and I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to stay there for the entire time, he told me it was nothing he could do about it and said he will send somebody to drop an inflatable mattress the following day. We reach to the apartment the following day around 6pm and found the box with the mattress and a bag with sheets. After dinner, my husband was going to inflate the mattress and he realized the pump needed batteries which were not supplied by Carl at that time with the freezing cold outside he had to go to the supermarket to purchase the batteries. After the mattress was inflated in order for us to reach to the bedrooms we had to jump on the couch since there was no other space available to walk through.
The apartment was not prepared to receive 5 guest we only got 4 pillows, 2 bowls, 4 mugs, 4 plates in different sizes, 3 frying pans. I had to go and buy pillows and pots to be able to stay in that place. We left 3 days before our time was up because it was really difficult for us to stay there.
I chose Carl place over others since he is rated as a super host, but he didn’t do anything to make our stay in his place comfortable.
I will NOT recommend this place if you are planning to travel with more than 3 people.