The area of the flat is great. Residential but also full of things to do. Great bars, restaurants, kebab, stand up comedy. The flat is great for a couple, a place where you can work remote, you can cook meals and relax. Well furnished flat, nice style, warm and quiet.
BUT:
Very confusing communication with the host. Until the very last minute we thought we were going to be left in the street.
First of all, the Airbnb host was not in Berlin and the apartment seems to be managed by an agency (Berlin Apartments). The keys were supposed to be handed over by his contact in Berlin (Roger).
Prior to booking, I informed the host we were going to *LAND* in Schönefeld airport at 11:00 PM. I therefore asked if a late check in would be OK and the host confirmed that was fine.
On the same day of check in, I receive a call from Roger at 11:00 AM asking me where I was. I reminded him I was landing at 11PM so he then left our keys to the local bar for me to pick them up saying they were going to be open until midnight and then went offline for a few hours. I tried to get in touch with this person to tell them that there was no way we could get from Schönefeld airport to the bar in an hour. After a few hours he came back online for telling me I would have had to go to his home to pick the keys up. Another red flag. At that point I got in touch with Airbnb to help me solve this problem.
I kept receiving calls and messages from Roger (in very hard to understand English) where he just told me not to cancel and to call him when landing in Berlin. No other detail was given about how we could have exchanged the keys.
At that point Airbnb suggested to try our luck and just go to the flat after landing which we did, and we realised the bar closed at 1AM not 12AM. We managed to get the keys from them and to check in. Roger never showed up.