This is a nice apartment, in a nice building, in a great area. Central to everything. Safe. Convenient. Clean.
Americans will make the mistake that it is on the “first floor” - Europeans call the second floor, the first. There are 25 steps to get to this apartment. Good to know if you have heavy luggage, as you may need to ask Marcus for help.
I also had another experience that I didn’t read that anyone else has had, in the reviews. I did not sleep one minute more at night, than the lady upstairs did, as every single foot step, chair moving, water running, door closing, etc. can be heard clearly.
I’m also an Airbnb host and one of my properties was built in 1894, so I get it. It’s challenging. I warn People in the listing, that tenants also live upstairs, and its an old building.
This apartment is in a quiet neighborhood, and quiet courtyard and when the lady upstairs goes out, it is quiet upstairs.
She sleeps from about midnight to between 5:30am - 7:30am. I was woken From a deep jet-lagged sleep every morning when she got up.
Marcus was nice and offered to talk to her mid stay, and to bring me ear plugs. I had already tried ear plugs. By the last night I was using my own ear plugs, with old school Beat head phones over them, while playing music and was able to at least fall back asleep, eventually.
I can’t explain why no one else had an issue. Maybe if you are not jet lagged and exhausted by 9pm, and also just naturally want to sleep from 12pm-7am... then it’s fine? And also if you are used to apartment living or are a deeper sleeper. I don’t know. But I’m none of the above, and It was an issue for me.
The apartment is good, beyond that. And again, I can’t explain why I’m the only one to mention it.
Also, a woman knocked on my door one day asking for a pillow from my closet. I was taking a nap (from being up at 7am) and so I was probably out of it. I think she said she was the property manager from the art gallery. I was very confused as she wasn’t a guy (Marcus who I never met) and I had no idea there was an art gallery or why she’d need a pillow from me. Marcus later clarified she is his colleague. So, Just FYI, you may meet a woman or a man, they work together, apparently.
So if you are a good sleeper, it’s a good place.