Jan is a great host as he was in good prompt communication. Before arrival I asked about a coffee machine and Jan kindly offered to put one into the apartment; otherwise there is only a kettle supplied. There is also no toaster which I found surprising. On arrival a guy came to bring a TV as apparently the old one was broken. He left without fully setting it up and assured us it would kick in after a while. It didn't. We spent hours trying to program the TV but then settled to watch Netflix as was all that was available. No big deal but the next day the TV wouldn't even play Netflix- a bit frustrating!
The apartment is indeed large but I found it to be quite sterile. On the plus side the bed linen, pillows and towels are of good quality. There is lots of storage space and a fairly functioning kitchen. There is only one mirror in the entire apartment which is in the bathroom and the furniture throughout seems to be from Ikea. The bathroom is a good size but the shower water pressure is not good. There is no soft furnishing within the apartment to speak of, so the acoustics are really bad! As is the case in the entire building. We could hear our neighbours leaving in the early morning hours, chatter, suitcases rolling and banging of doors. If you are a light sleeper this would be a problem.
My friend needed her locator form printed and Jan kindly offered to have them printed and we collected them in the office. I enquired about luggage hold on the day of leaving and was directed to the luggage room in the apartment building and I was delighted for this service.
I got a fob for the luggage room and left for the day planning to return with a taxi to pick up my bag and head to the airport. Great plan- until I returned and the fob didn't work! I tried to get another fob from the security box but the code then didn't work. I texted Jan and no answer. I rang the office and got the answer machine. I spoke with a neighbour and their fob wouldn't open the luggage door either. Now panic was setting in. But thankfully the office rang me back. I let my taxi go and someone came in about 15 minutes and opened the door. I had to call another taxi and wait 10 minutes more. I lost about 40 minutes during the whole process.
This was the last straw for me for what hadn't been an ideal stay. I do think the apartment has good potential if some details were improved, but I wouldn't stay again.