Albert is a gracious host who went out of his way to welcome us and provided a nice assortment of kitchen essentials, coffee, tea, milk, snacks, etc. He spent a generous amount of time with us describing favorite restaurants, food shops, etc. He even helped us drag suitcases up the stairs. He deserves his reputation as a “superhost.”
His building is undergoing extensive exterior remodeling - but he had warned us about that, and the workers did not work over the weekend, so it really did not impact us much at all.
The bedroom has nice, quiet air conditioning. Who would have thought that that would be welcomed in early June in Berlin? - but we saw some atypically hot weather, and the AC improved sleeping conditions.