It all starts with the elevator (lift) not being available on the 5th floor where the apartment is situated..."AND" then the elevator (lift) was completely OUT OF ORDER! Supposedly when functioning it goes only up to the 3rd floor, but in our case it didn't work at all and I had to lug up our suitcases all the way up 5 floors. Jeannie's mother is the one who handles AIRBNB apparently, a very nice polite lady. She apologized for the elevator not working many times. The fact still remains that there was no elevator and the 2 piece luggage was heavy to take upstairs. They should however mention CLEARLY in their description, that the elevator doesn't work, and when it does, it only goes up to the 3rd floor.
Also there was nothing spectacular aside from the location, no lock on the bedroom door (which is weird for someone staying in a strangers house), kids screaming outside of your door and a small loud dog barking around. Early morning the kids woke up and there was quite a ruckus. If you're putting up your house on AIRBNB, I don't know, call me a crazy American, but we expect to be a little like a hotel room. There was a crib inside our room, right next to the bed, the bed which was squeaky as hell, and pictures of the family all over the room, a lot of pictures.
There were a lot of outlets in the room, which was great, sufficient lighting and overall the place was clean. Our next day AIRBNB reservation was cancelled by some schmuck of a host, and Jeannie's mother was nice enough to offer us to leave our luggage there.
This is a decent room, if you don't mind living in someone's house and noise, then it's fine and the location is excellent. We just aren't comfortable in that situation, require some privacy and expect certain things in return value for our money. May just be an American thing, but it is what it is.
Jeannie's mother was a very nice lady, this review in not an indictment on her but on the room accommodation itself. I would like to make one small suggestion to the hosts, and that is if your property is somewhat short of spectacular and you're aware of it, there are other small things that can compensate for those shortcomings to help improve feedback and comfort from guests. Such as water, coffee, breakfast, a bottle of wine etc. Those small things go a long way.