The chief virtue of this apartment is its location. A very short walk to one of the main streets in central Berlin (think of staying in a road just off of Oxford St or Regent St in London) and all the train stations, shops all all the conveniences you could hope for. From here it is very simple to get anywhere in the city and for this reason, it’s a great spot to use as a base of operations for a short stay.
The flat itself is fairly utilitarian. Pretty much what you see in the pictures, though if anything a little more spacey. There are two large double beds in the room, though we only needed one. Not exactly homely or charming, it nonetheless provided all the basic needs we required for our short stay, albeit without any frills or character. It did get very hot during our stay as the sun shines right across the wide windows, however there are two large floor fans included for use and these came in very useful. There is a small kitchen and some bare-bones coffee/tea facilities. The bathroom is, like the rest of the flat, perfectly serviceable, and even has a washing machine, but the shower won’t win any awards.
As you are so close to the centre of town, it can get a bit loud from the traffic at certain times in the evening especially at weekends, but it wasn’t too bad and was within the bounds of acceptability, at least for us.
One of the biggest problems was the communication as we approached checking in. It’s all handled by a third party company and all the communication via WhatsApp had significant delays in responses and all the default replies were in German rather than English. There were no responses to emails or AirBnB messages. As a result it was a little more stressful checking in than it could have been, but by the time it came to actually checking in it all went well and without any hitches.
All in all, pretty good value and fantastic location. Just don’t expect anything memorable or any extra levels of comfort regarding the space itself.