When we first arrived we just picked up the key at the café/bar which was really smooth, and Zbybek responded quickly. BUT, we only got one key which was super inconvenient for us as we do a lot on our own and you had to have all three keys to enter the building.
Once in the apartment, we noticed that the bed sheet was really dirty (it had hairs on it and some spots, it was also very washed out), so we slept on one of the duvets the first night because it felt very gross. Once again, the hosts responded fast and we got a new, fresh set of sheets as soon as we woke up the day after.
The apartment felt a bit dirty overall to be honest. It was a lot of dust, especially behind stuff like the bed, the TV, and in the kitchen. Our socks got black under them just by walking around the apartment, probably because the floor hadn’t been mopped in quite a while. I have a photo of how different the floor’s colors were in the livingroom compared to under the sofa (the difference was huge).
They said that they have a cleaning lady, but I would seriously look over the option of hiring someone else or get her to do a better job because that apartment had not been thoroughly cleaned or mopped for long.
The first saturday we stayed there I told the landlords we wanted to change the bedsheets ourselves and she could just leave the clean ones outside, instead we woke up by someone trying to unlock the door and go inside. Luckily we had the key in the lock so it wasn’t possible to open from outside. Very uncomfortable situation.
The shower was something else, I mean the water didn’t pass down the waterdrain so after showering for just a few minutes you were basically in a tub. Kind of annoying and dangerous for them if we wouldn’t have been attentive and seen it. The water could easily dripped over straight out onto the kitchen floor.
Also, very small wardrobe for two people.
The internet was also really bad, we could barely watch netflix. This is, of course, something we should’ve asked about before moving in as we’re nomads and work daily on our computers. But we still thought we’d be able to stream and/or work both at the same time. This is something that is so easy to fix just by moving the router, instead of being inside the apartment it was out by the toilet. Speaking of the toilet, it was really gross. I don’t understand how you can’t try to make it more fresh when you rent out an airbnb, that also is pretty expensive for the quality it was in. We didn’t go on the toilet without shoes, and there was often stains on the toiletseat or something worse (shared bathroom with nextdoor neighbours). We totally missed it being a shared toilet when booking, if we had known we wouldn’t had booked it. That’s just our preference.
I wouldn’t recommend this apartment to those planning on staying for longer (we lived here for one month) and is in similar situation as us, but if it’s only for a weekend or less, then yes! It is very close to everything and if you just walk over the bridge, you’re in the center of Prague.
Other, smaller things we noticed that could raise the overall experience, and worth noting for the host - salt & pepper was empty, no lighter to the gas cooker in the kitchen. Freezer was really loud (we had to close the doors to the bedroom otherwise it felt like we had tinnitus), wierd smell in the hallway, no scissor, and no corkscrew (really basic stuff). Also the radiator that was next to the bed made us not beeing able to fall asleep because it had this annoying clicking sound continuously. The walls to the neighbour was extreeemely thin, we heard her blowing her nose and coughing, and on top of that the bedframe was SO loud. You could barely turn around in the bed without it squeking, therefor maybe not the best apartment for couples haha.
It’s too bad we couldn’t give a 5-star rating because the hosts were very nice, though it’s not them we’re rating but the apartment overall.