I have mixed feelings about our stay here. On one hand there were positives: excellent communication from the host. The host was flexible about our arrival time and gave a detailed orientation to the flat. They were very generous with allowing us a 4pm check-out time. They were also very responsive when we had questions. The location is great.
However, there were several negatives about our stay here: the bathroom is so small it's almost impractical. I'm an average size woman and I barely was able to move around and walk through the shower opening. The balcony is a neat feature except it is crowded with leftover building materials (stack of bathroom tiles and boxes of other items). It is small to begin with but the clutter made it unusable. The flat is extremely dusty. Under the sofa (a space that can be seen when it is pulled out to be a bed) under the tables and chairs, and the perimeter of the entire flat have a pretty heavy layer of dust. It just doesn't seem like the place ever gets a good cleaning. There's a weird smell that is very pungent and hits you as soon as you walk in the door. It's not a sewer smell or anything like that, more like a badly scented hand lotion or something. Hard to define, but not pleasant. The sofa, which is the main piece of lounging furniture is soiled and well-worn. These things just add up to give the flat an overall dirty feeling.