When we arrived we were disappointed to discover that the flat was part of an apart-hotel complex rather than someone’s actual flat. There’s nothing technically wrong with this kind of thing, but it was not our preference and if we had known this we wouldn’t have chosen it as our place to stay. As a guest, the advertisement and communication with the hosts on Airbnb (a nice looking couple) felt disingenuous right away as it was clearly a business and not someone’s place they were renting out. That said the woman in the office when we arrived was friendly and accommodating and she let us store our bags in their office while we were out exploring during the day which was very handy and nice of them.
Once we got into the flat the impression was immediately not good - there were sizeable and obvious stains on the carpet which looked like it hadn’t even been vacuumed, dirty fingerprints on the bathroom door, and some sort of bandaid & tissue left inside the door handle which was very unpleasant and immediately made us question the overall cleanliness of the flat. There was also a large discolouration on the air vent by the table that was clearly from someone’s wet jeans which had been left to dry on it. The shower also had a distinctive mouldy smell after use.
Overall we were very disappointed in our choice to stay here, especially as it wasn’t cheap, and we felt on-edge and uncomfortable every time we were in the flat (which we tried to keep to a minimum each day we were there). It was certainly the low point of an otherwise lovely trip.
I wouldn’t recommend staying here and I would strongly advise the hosts to more clearly advertise their place on Airbnb as part of a larger hotel complex and to seriously improve their hygiene/cleanliness standards for future guests. The space itself isn’t bad, it just needs to be better represented on the app and much more thoroughly cleaned.
Thanks,
Austin