First of all place looks EXACTLY like on the pictures, it definitely needed to be recently refurbished.
It's also very clean and even though it was a ground floor apartment we felt very safe (there are anti theft shutters that you can use if the nice neighbourhood is not enough :)
Secondly it's within walking distance from literally EVERYTHING that you need to see in Athens, although we stayed there only 3 days, we managed to see everything we wanted without taking a tube. (The only time was the last day when we wanted to see the port- Pireaus that is actually kind of separate village)
Third and the most important thing, as this is the one making such a big difference from all other Airbnb places are hosts. We booked everything with Maria however we've never met. Anyway she sent us all important details about how to reach the apartment, we literally didn't need anyone's else help. Her husband showed us around, Costas made us feel more than welcome! Apart from recommending us some spots like bakery across the street and some lovely restaurant around the place there were 2 things that made a huge difference for me:
- phone that they left us in the flat- there's a mobile with both Maria's and Costas number is case you need anything (through airbnb we have already an email contact and also you can easily find a hosts number) so I don't think I would think about leaving an extra mobile which was brilliant
- bottle of wine from our hosts which was super welcoming and never happened to me before.
To sum up if you think about Airbnb you definitely can not think about anything else than Maria's and Costas place.