Positive points:
- Excellent location - easy to get around using the T1&T2 tramway which is just around the corner - there are also several restaurants and bakeries closeby.
- Clean apartment
- Roller shutters - so dark sleeping room during the night
- Excellent internet speed
- Entering possible after 17h without needing an appointment as the key is in a little secure box.
Negative points:
- No personal welcome - as the key is available in a box - you just receive the codes and enter on your own.
We did receive an automated mail with a link to recommended restaurants, all of them were in the city centre and not around the corner.
- The welcome mail received on the day of arrival after lunch time mentioned 2 keys - one to enter, one to enter the space for putting the garbage. We informed the owner there was only one key in the box & never got a reply. As our stay was short, we just kept all the garbage together in one garbage bin in the apartment.
- No fire alarm (this was lying unused in the closet) - not a luxury for an apartment on the 3rd floor !
- Apartment on 3rd floor (49 steep stairs) and no elevator - this came as a surprise as it is not mentioned in the description, having a knee problem this was a challenge for me.
- Very warm: it was approx 24 degrees outside, not extremely hot, but the apartment keeps the heat inside. There is a fan, no airconditioning. you can leave the windows open at night, but then you will be accompanied by mosquitoes. It is also very noisy with the windows open. If you close the windows you won't be bothered by the noise or mosquitos, but then you will have the heat. It's your choice what you prefer.
- The welcome mail mentioned there is everything we need, like coffee: there were 2 cups for the coffeemachine available for 2 persons staying 3 nights, so you need to bring/buy your own coffeecups.
Also not available:
Oil (there was salt, pepper and vinegar, but no oil to quickly fry an egg for breakfast)
Dish cloth/sponge or brush to clean the dishes/clean the table - We did reach out to inform the owner that a dish cloth was missing, but did only get a reply that it should be there. After replying that we only found a cloth to dry the dishes and so it was not there, there was no respons.
So if you like to be able to clean the kitchen table after breakfast, you need to bring/buy your own.
- Documents in the apartment mention to save water where possible, however, the shower is leaking a lot of water (connection between cable & the shower head), which could easily be fixed.
Water could also be saved by providing a plug in the kitchen sink, this way avoiding to have to do the dishes with constantly running water.