This place was rather frustrating and slightly disappointing ..The information about door codes etc arrived far too late for me to assess so i arrived at 10.20pm clutching hastily printed pages of info some of which was contradictory ...two different numbers for same street door entry code .Fortunately building concierge was able to assist and also entry key didnt work until i was shown how to pull tight the door to allow key to work .
Bit stressful when all you want to do is get in smoothly and chill out .
The decor and layout of the apartment was as the description and pictures .
the lift to the 4th floor was a boon and it was very quiet ...no street or traffic noise and good light during the day .However by far the biggest issue was that i could not connect to the internet and although Anne said it was ok when she left afew hours before it wasnt ok for me and i know what i am doing .Anne was travelling abroad and this shows the necessity of
having someone .. a friend perhaps.. living locally...who can troubleshoot if the host is away and unable to support .There also needed to be a house information /instruction pack and there wasnt anything like that .The tv didnt work and there was a washer dryer but impossible to work out how it worked without any instructions . I didnt need to do washing but it would have been nice to be able to dry towels as ,like all hosts in my experience ,there were nowhere near enough towels for a 5 night stay .How on earth is one to dry them ? There was absolutely no storage or hanging space for guests as Anne's clothes filled every drawer ,every space for hanging ....so the guest has to leave all clothes in suitcase .
The internal handle of the wc was broken and fell off as soon as it was ever touched so ok for one person to leave door open but it would not be very nice for two . Two minute task to mend and should have been so . One or two poor cleanliness issues with kitchen equipment ..otherwise absolutely clean ..Water to shower and wash basin nice and hot and fine but shower is a hand shower only and would have benefitted from a wall bracket to attach the hand shower head to .All in all this was just about ok ...but Anne in my opinion needs to think alittle more about improvements to meet the needs of guests...it was abit like borrowing a student mate's place rather than professionally let accommodation with a reasonably high cost . only needs small amount of thought and effort to make a lovely place to stay .