Oliver‘s place was easily accessible by bicycle and I chose it because it looks pretty nice and it wasn’t very expensive. However, there’s no drain covers in the shower or the sink in the bathroom and there’s no doors separating the bathroom from the downstairs so the entire downstairs smells like a moldy toilet. Smells don’t usually bother me but this was pretty unbearable. I arrived at night and opening the doors to air the place out would’ve let all the heat out, and invited all the mosquitoes in, so it’s a pretty inconvenient problem. The neighbors live in a house directly in front of the cabin, and when I arrived, they were having a party and snorting drugs off the kitchen table. All of that was visible through their window while I was on the front porch of the little cabin. I didn’t really care about it, but later some guy from the party saw me sitting in the living room through the glass doors and knocked on my door to ask me a bunch of questions about the building at 11:30 at night while I’m trying to watch TV and relax. Afterwards I could hear him and his friend bothering the middle aged woman that was staying in the unit next-door. When I arrived I felt really comfortable, but after all this, I decided to lock my bike inside the building because I felt less safe. So I was trapped inside, feeling not so safe, with a very gross smell. Maybe the neighbors was just a one time thing, but I would pay €10 more to stay somewhere else that doesn’t stink so bad next time. I really enjoyed my time in Bordeaux but I didn’t want to go back to the apartment at night and I was kicking myself for not spending a little bit more money and staying somewhere nicer. The bed however was very comfortable and the upstairs is nice and doesn’t smell. If you don’t mind spending all your time in bed and you don’t care about using the kitchen or living room it’s OK.