This is a beautiful East Berlin apartment with lovely high ceilings and original tiles in the kitchen. Clean linens, a small washing machine, and a comfy loft bed made it a nice refuge. Note that for some people the climb to the 5th floor (4th if you count the ground floor) may be a challenge with no elevator. The location is in a neighborhood bustling with families with little children, conveniently located on two tram lines, with everything you need close at hand. Kerstin was kind and helpful, while providing a good sense of privacy, even though the apartment is connected to her family's with one door. While the apartment was generally very clean, I had to empty the toilet waste basket and sweep the kitchen floor, which was dirty from the last tennants. Kerstin is a busy mom and she did apologize and offer to finish cleaning. I told her I didn't mind and did it myself as I usually like to give a place I move into a once over. I'm an Airbnb host myself, so I understand the challenge with scheduling, but cleanliness is high on my priorities, so this was a little disappointing. Especially since I stayed for more than a week and did not checkin early. Overall a pleasant experience. Would recommend and would stay again.