We were greeted by Giorgio, who represented Stephanie, just a few minutes after we arrived. He gave us our keys and showed us the apartment. Although the apartment is on the 2nd floor, by US standards, it's 3 flights of steps (just fyi).

The apartment was exactly as depicted in the photos and completely clean. It looks newly remodeled, and I was especially impressed with the bathroom -- which was beautiful and comfortable, and supplied with small conveniences like a hotel, including a couple of hairdryers, etc.

The kitchen and small dinette area were also great. There's a supply of pots and pans, dishes, etc -- everything you need to cook for yourself. We ended up cooking breakfast for the last 3 days of our visit. We were really pleased with the Wifi, too. We ended up using the electric coffeemaker and bought ground coffee from nearby Starbucks, which was also convenient.

The bedroom is on the small side, and a set of drawers would have been helpful to put some clothes away. We had to keep our suitcases out, which took up a lot of room. I'm also picky about pillows, so while the bedding was perfectly nice, I would have been happier with a firmer pillow. I was thrilled with the electric black-out blinds they seem to have all over Europe. It was great to make the apartment completely dark at night.

All in all, it was a beautiful apartment and represented very well in the photos and description. The neighborhood is also very convenient and pretty hip. We never saw Stephanie, but she did text me back when I had questions. If I come back to Berlin, I would definitely stay there again!