Simone (and Guy) were very welcoming. Communication was excellent and in particular Simone sent us very helpful instructions on how to get from the airport. The flat itself is great. Compact and bijou, certainly, but well equipped and fine for a family of five for a long weekend - and in a very good location fifteen minutes from Alexanderplatz. The other major bonus for us was that it is so close to the start and finish of the Berlin half marathon, the focus of our trip. We all loved Berlin from start to finish: a very cool city, to which we would love to return and, if we do, to stay again at Simone's flat.