Claudia was there to receive us and was very warm and friendly, with smart advice about the area. We were in the apartment for more than 70 days, in Spring, which gave us a perfect venue for watching birds and the river and the flowers in the apartment's yard. It's a quiet place, very relaxing, with a superb outdoor market nearby (Boxhagener Platz) on Saturdays, a large grocery store not far away, and easy transport via two bus lines and/or walks to the S-Bahn ring trains. Travel time, even, say, to the opera late at night, was never bad. We found the place a good way to get introduced to everyday life in Berlin. Everything in the apartment works, with internet sufficiently fast if you need to do work. We would be delighted to stay in this apartment again.