Firstly, the positive points of this airbnb: Michel was kind enough to let us have an early check in at 10.30 am. We were unable to meet him personally, but he arranged for Isabel to meet us and show us around the house. The house was conveniently located at a 3-4 min walk to the metro and the kitchen was very well stocked with tea, coffee, sugar and even olive oil. There was loads of other stuff in the kitchen too like spaghetti etc which we did not use but a lot of thoughtful touches. Having a washing machine was a big plus point and Michel was thoughtful enough to keep detergent too . There was loads of storage space in the cupboards too. The house was cleaned well. We felt safe in the area even when we returned home late at night.
But we were disappointed on certain aspects:
1. The wifi was pathetically slow and did not work most of the times. We had to constantly switch it on and off and then it would work for a few mins before it would stop. Calls and messages to Michel regarding this issue went unanswered. My children had to complete their presentations but were let down by the wifi. We had to use hotspots from our mobile service provider but we had taken a limited data plan expecting to use the home wifi so it was very frustrating.
2. I had very specifically put a filter in my search for TWO bathrooms because we were four people and had to all rush out together early morning for a conference. I had read the earlier reviews which mentioned that this home had a one separate bath with only a bath tub and a separate toilet with shower. Even though it was a compromise, I was okay with it because I assumed both could be used simultaneously by two people . But the second “bath” was just a bathtub with one low tap only to fill up the bathtub! There was a wash basin next to it. The bath tub did not even a hand shower to or any other tap on the wall to use the bathtub either to have a shower or a soak in the bathtub! How is one expected to use the bathtub? Even if one uses the bathtub just for a soak, there was NO other tap to take a shower in a bathtub to use to wash off the soap . So it was basically useless and we could only use the wash basin in that bathroom. So we only had the one super tiny common bathroom with a toilet and the shower to use between four of us. There was NO place in that tiny bathroom to keep shampoo or shower gel whatsoever. These had to be kept on the floor while taking a shower.
Other than these two drawbacks, the house was comfortable. The location was good and easy to get around because of having the metro close by.
Overall I would like to thank Michel for a comfortable stay. We did manage to make the single bathroom work for us by waking up early and adjusting our timings.