Communication and Check-in were top! The location of the apartment is also great. But as we entered the apartment, a few unpleasant surprises were waiting for us:
1. The entire apartment was cleaned with a horribly stinking cleaner. The smell was hanging in the air for at least two days.
2. As I wanted to open the window, I realized that there were none. The apartment door was the only access to fresh air. Thus we were not able to air the living room right away to get rid of this toxic smell and had to do it in the evening when we came back from sightseeing.
3. Bed sheets on the double bed were on both sides dirty and had even a black footprint!
4. We had no soup in the kitchen.
5. There was no rag to clean the kitchen surfaces.
6. Neither was there a kitchen towel. We had to buy all these things ourselves.
7. Ladles were all missing a lid therefore it was a bit tricky to cook our meal.
8. The apartment key was a bit deformed. Therefore we managed to close or open the door at the third or forth trial & were afraid to break it completely.
9. Both bedrooms have no access to daylight because of the location in the basement.
Good things:
1. Access to 2 Metro lines.
2. Very quiet apartment and neighbors.
3. Bunch of restaurants and big supermarket within 5 min walk
4. Close to city center
5. Very friendly host who is answering all the messages right away.
6. Home slippers for each guest.
7. Clean apartment