A fair review is one of the hardest things to undertake. But nevertheless it’s important to do so for the benefit of other guests. Unfortunately, many folk who use Airbnb seem to give “5 star” reviews for 3 or 3.5 star properties which isn’t fair to properties that are truly 5 star. So for each property we stay in around the world we review each aspect and give a final score. So here it is
Communication: Patrick’s communication was good before our check in - so 4.5!stars
Location - 4 stars
Property - 2 to 3 stars - very small. It is an old converted shop. There is no privacy for the person sleeping in the sofa bed. Anyone from outside could look in and the cheap curtains did not do it justice to close properly.
Also I’m not sure how safe the property is. The rubbish bin left just outside the door and inside a supposed coded and locked main door went missing in a little while after we left it out. We informed the Airbnb person of this. Days letter we get a message from them expecting us to be grateful they weren’t going to charge us - when in fact we were worried all the time about how safe the property actually was.
Amenities: 3 stars. Hot water cylinder is too small and water goes cold soon. We didn’t have enough towels but that may have been because Patrick was away.
The property was clean.
After such an excellent communication from Patrick we were looking for a great experience in the city of love but felt it was 3 star at the most for accomodation unfortunately.
Size aside the property can be bettered by better curtains, better washer/ dryers and perhaps an honest depiction of the size of the property, and the fact that it’s in fact an old converted retail shop.