Sylvia was a great hostess, picking us up at Tegel airport ( 20E fee) and driving us 45 minutes to our apartment! The location was as described in the south part of Berlin ( Tempelhof-Lichtenrade), a 10 minute walk from our son's home and 10 minutes from a nice shopping street for groceries, shops and bakeries. For us it was ideal.
The ground floor suite was bright, clean and fresh with major renos happening next door on a daily basis (noisy but completed by the end of our stay). I believe we should have had a reduction in rate for the noisy inconvenience it caused.
The major concern was an evicted neighbor who was involved in a police takedown on about day 18 of our stay. This was out of Sylvia's control but certainly was the negative of our time there. He was upset about the noisy renos. He was mentally ill and from that point onward roamed the hallway nightly , depositing goods and his furniture randomly around the property. He also confronted us in the hall without violence. He'll be gone by 31 Oct.
Sylvia checked in with us regularly asking if we needed anything. The suite was well equipped. We were responsible for our own cleaning (-) which is OK for short stays but needs to be clarified for a 3+ week stay. We had to swap our own linens and maintain our own bathrooms.
Sylva was a 5 hostess but circumstances were a 3, hence the 4 rating.
A 5 minute walk to the bus connections X83 and X76 for Steglitz (Major shopping 40 minutes away), the S-bahn and the U-bahn connections a 20 minute ride.
We made out just fine with limited German language skills!
We'd book with Sylvia again!