Neta’s apartment is very comfortable, stylish, spacious and well located. The bohemian exterior - with its enterprise, bars, cosmopolitanism and graffiti reminded me of Shoreditch 15 years ago - but belies the clean, white apartment within. Sparsely decorated with nice vintage furniture and interesting nick-naks, the turntable, amp and vinyl take centre stage. Neta left out some great 12” as an apparent invitation to try, which we did.
The WiFi is good but we comes with a warning not to use it for downloads.
The beds were super comfortable with down pillows, crisp sheets and fluffy duvets. Absolutely excellent! The bed at the front of the apartment is next to a waste pipe in the wall, through which you can listen to your vertical neighbours’ ablutions however. Unfortunately, we’d made the decision to put the kids in the back room and I ended up with my head against the offending wall. Never mind, it’s good to get up early on holiday!
The shower is excellent, with plenty of hot water and fresh towels.
Both the bathroom and kitchen were populated with previous guests leftovers, which again were seemingly left for us to use - which was great, if a little uncomfortable without a specific invitation. Neta didn’t include any fresh provisions as a welcome.
In fact a welcome was the one thing missing from an otherwise wonderful stay. Communication was very spartan and consisted primarily of what not to do. Reiterating the online check-in instructions and house rules. My attempts at friendliness were left unanswered and we were not met at any point.
In short, if you’re looking for an excellent place to stay in a wonderful city, you’ll find Neta’s place perfect. But if you AirBnB for the experience, for a warm welcome, tips and tricks and personal insight, then you might choose to try elsewhere.