I had high hopes about our stay here after reading the reviews, but sadly, it didn't live up to expectation.
On the final day, I had communication from Mathilde asking me to write a 5 star review or 'nothing at all' to avoid her being penalised. She would write me a 5 star review if I could do the same... So now I know why there are so many 5 star reviews!
I believe in writing an honest review, so that is what I'm going to do.
Finding the apartment and check in process was nice and easy. Location also good for metro. View from lounge window over the square is also lovely and there's plenty of cafés and restaurants nearby.
Sadly, those are the only positive points. This apartment is in some real need of TLC.
The shower head is split at the top, so water shoots out into your face. The toilet flush cap is missing, so you have to push your finger down on the mechanism and then unclip it to stop having constant running water.
The bedding and towels smell damp (just haven't been dried properly).
Noise outside the apartment is also really bad! The bedroom is situated right above a bar/club. If you are only staying anytime from Sunday to Thursday, you'll probably be fine. Fridays or Saturdays are a no go with music blearing until 4am. I appreciate you can't do anything about the location, but what made things worse, was the windows aren't sealed properly, so it sounds like the windows are open!
The couch in the living room has a massive stain on it and the TV remotes are damaged/taped up. The WIFI doesn't work. We realised the password on the airbnb advert is wrong (it's a lower case k at the beginning), but it was still very intermittent.
Kitchen was clean but basic.
Communication from Mathilde was good but all automated and impersonal.
I sadly wouldn't recommend this apartment to anyone unless you are literally just looking to sleep in it and avoiding Fridays/Saturdays so you can actually sleep.