There where many problems with this stay in Berlin.
Firstly before we had even got to the apartment the host made it very difficult to collect keys. He made us catch a taxi from our arrival place (Berlin central station) to his friends work to get the keys (in which we had to sit and wait for 20 mins in a taxi for him to do so); before going to the house to let our self in with a vague instruction of which apartment it actually was. This meant we had to pay excess money, which the host offered to partially pay for, but did not ever actually reimburse.

Secondly upon arrival the house was so filthy; I had to clean the sheets, wash the bathroom and clear out all the cupboards, fridge and pantry in the kitchen with food dating back to 2010 left in there... you would of thought it was one item but there was numerous disgusting dates on food items. The host did get a cleaner that turned up 3 days after i requested to continue cleaning the things i refused to; for example poo left on the toilet, hair left clogging up the drain, dead skin cells that have collected over time from under appliances. The cleaner that arrived was not so great; and as he didn't actually turn up with cleaning products and i had to instruct him on how and where to clean, i reckon he was just the hosts friend and not actually a cleaner.

The smell that was coming from the drains in the bathroom made the house unbearable for 4 days until he got a plumber to come. The plumbers where great and sorted out the smell.... the smell that should never have been there in the first place and the host should have probably payed the excess emergency call out fee, instead of making us wait for 4 days.

I would not recommend anyone with children staying here as it would be unsafe due to things like a broken oven, lack of home hygiene and clutter left that could be dangerous to small children.

Also only one key was given too two residence that where there which made it very difficult as i was working nights and my friend day time. If this was one key between the 6 people he is advertising this is fit for it would be seriously problematic.

The house is in a convent location next to the litchenburg station so easy transportation. it is also close too shops and a large apartment.

the host should probably look at the house before letting it too people and think about he is manning the property as it has a lot of good potential that was just not met.

responses from host where reasonably fast.