This place is advertised as an entire apartment. Having no separation between bedroom and the rest of the space, it should be advertised as a ‘studio’. The ‘bedroom’ is a thin mattress on top of the wooden paneling above the kitchenette and bathroom, which can be a accessed by a ladder.
The ‘entire apartment’ also advertises having a washer, it must be understood that the washer is in the hallway, shared with two other of the same apartments, and the housekeeper uses it for sheets and towels as well.
During our stay we had an issue with the toilet, which was not flushing and leaking from the back; and with the shower, which was not draining properly. We also had no electricity for part of the morning, until the housekeeper came and flipped some breaker switch. We contacted the host as soon as we noticed the issues. In reference to the bathroom issues, she mentioned it was a holiday weekend and that as long as it is not leaking much it isn’t a problem. After persistence on our end to tell her that a bathroom that is not functional is actually a problem for us, she sent her husband to see if he could fix it. Her husband is very nice and realized the scope of the issue, he came back about 2 hours later with a friend who had a replacement piece, and they fixed it. While working, it obviously made the floor dirty; they joked to us about not having cleaned up after themselves very well and said they would have housekeeping come first thing in the morning with new towels and to clean the bathroom floor. The host also sent us a message saying she would have housekeeping come. While we were happy to have a functioning bathroom, housekeeping never came so we had no new towels, a dirty rug, and dirty floors for the rest of our stay.
The place is well located, is very close to the bus station, and is next to a fantastic Indian restaurant. Lastly, check out is advertised as 10am, but the host sent a message saying checkout is at 9am. We liked the place but were expecting what was advertised, which was not the case; and felt our bathroom issue was not going to be a priority for the host until we persisted.