TL; DR:
In a nutshell:
Recommended if location is your top priority and you don’t care much for hygiene and safety.
The Good
1. Clear check-in instructions sent in advance
2. Clean sheets and towels provided
3. Strong shower pressure
4. Great location
The Bad
1. Need to climb two flights of narrow stairs
2. Lack of ready info on apartment details
3. Lack of curtains in the living room where there is a sofa bed
4. Lack of some living essentials, e.g. tea towels, dish washing sponge
5. One key provided (door has to be opened even from the inside using the key)
The Ugly
1. Apartment was dirty to the extent of being unsafe (read details below)
We appreciate The Good and would like to thank David for these. We can live with The Bad. The Ugly was the deal breaker.
With two young children, cleanliness and safety matter a lot to us. We booked this apartment after reading several reviews that it was clean. Host also charged a cleaning fee. Imagine the rude shock when we entered the apartment.
Dust bunnies and cob webs were omnipresent.
The bedroom came with a framed bed and a pull out. Under the frame (which was in full view of the person sleeping on the pull out) and around the pull out, we found candy wrappers, used tissue papers and a sanitary pad adhesive backing. Under the living room coffee table, we found glass shards.
We can live with the dust bunnies and cob webs. We can tolerate the candy wrappers, used tissues and pad backing. But glass shards pose a safety hazard. This, we cannot accept.
I spent 45 minutes cleaning the apartment with the vacuum cleaner (which had a bristles that came choked with dust) and the handheld broom and dustpan. Not the best way to start a 4-night stay.
It was a cosy apartment. But we wish the host made more effort cleaning the apartment. Especially since a cleaning fee was charged.