WON'T COME BACK...
Positive points:
Small apartment, but probably considered as rather big for Hong Kong! 2 sleeping rooms and an entrance/'living room'/'kitchen'.
Very good communication with the owner, via e-mail /AirBnB at the beginning and mainly via WhatsApp. at the end.
Good wifi.
Negative points:
- The apartment is in a building rather old and dirty that would require renovation. However, this is the case for many of the buildings you can see in Hong Kong… But it is to be noted as the pictures provided in the announcement do not show that. The first impression when you arrive is rather…weird and it feels uncomfortable. The photos provided show a nice and clean apartment, looking 'brand new modern'. In reality, the building is old, and there are many marks/faults on the walls in the apartment.
- there is no real bathroom : a very small shower-cabin next to a toilet and no sink, you have to use the very small one of the 'kitchen'.
- It is sold with a kitchen but THERE IS NO UTENSILS, nearly nothing to cook: a very small fridge (for 4, it is very small), 1 electric plate and ONLY ONE frying pan! no pot or saucepan, nothing. How do you boil/cook pasta, eggs or simple rice in a frying pan? Additionally there was ONLY 1 knife and 2 forks (normal ones, the other few were plastic), 2 bowls and no real glasses. Only baby ikea stuff. No real plates.
- And there is no towels!!! or dishcloth…very annoying when you travel.
- Another negative point: the numerous messages of the owner threatening to charge us if we break something / change the temperature of the fridge / touch the air con….Renting someone's apartment for few days requires that you respect the place and treat everything accordingly. Normal standard reminder messages are usual and necessary. But in that case, there are too many of these threatening messages, really too many. Result being that we felt very uncomfortable, and not welcome.
- Last thing: not to blame the owner because it is not her fault, but it is important to know: the walls are paper thin, so you hear EVERYTHING the neighbors are doing. Problem in our case (family with 2 young children) is that these neighbors decided to do parties 3 of the 6 nights we were there…
I precise we are a family travelling the world for 1 year, and thus very used to rent apartments. We jump from one to the other. So this review is done based on very good experience of what the 'rental apartments' market is...