This was a clean apartment that was very centrally located in Berlin! We were able to walk to nearby Markets and local tourist sites. Trudy was very responsive to our texts and questions. On the first night of our stay, the refrigerator broke. She was very quick to replace it the next day and left us some chocolate and champagne for the inconvenience. She certainly didn’t have to do that, but we appreciated the gesture nonetheless.
We had two small complaints about our stay. The bed is not a king size bed. Rather, it’s two twin beds pushed together leaving a sizable gap in between. The quilts were also twin sized (there were two) and not long enough for my 6’3” husband. The second issue was that we were asked to call once we landed at the airport. We didn’t have cell service or speak German, so this was a bit challenging. Luckily, our taxi driver was kind enough to make the call. Once he did, we were told by the hosuekeeper that she would be there in two hours! Trudy resolved the issue by getting her housekeeper to come 30 minutes early so we only had to wait for 45 minutes rather than 75. On our day of departure, another housekeeper arrived an hour before check-out and walked right into the apartment while we were packing. She waited outside but we felt somewhat obligated to vacate the apartment earlier than planned.
The apartment is on the bottom floor and the building makes some noise when other tenants turn on the water or adjust the heat. It was noisy and kept us up the first night, but was easily resolved by turning on the fan throughout the night. Despite this, we would definitely recommend Trudy’s apartment. It was very centrally located, near the subway system (less than a block), and across the street from a spectacular Berlin Wall Memorial.