There are some serious issues with this apartment:
1) NO HOT WATER - The host suggested turning the switch in the electric panel on and waiting for 20 minutes, which he later increased to 30 minutes as it was winter and the outside temperature was probably 50 degree F. We waited 30 minutes or more for water to heat up, and it did not even become luke warm. Our family of four could not take showers for the two days we had to put up with this nonsense.
2) The 2-bedroom, 2-bath apartment is on two separate floors that are not connected. One has to exit out of the main floor and use a public staircase to get to the higher floor. We wondered how a family with a couple of young children would feel about sending their children to a different floor at night. While the larger bedroom and bath on the main floor were fine, the upstairs bedroom and bath were the size of a roomette on a train. The bathroom was so small that the shower literally sprayed the entire bathroom, a problem we fortunately did not face because there was no question of taking a shower.
3) The refrigerator was the size one would have install in a van to store some water or a snack. The spot in the kitchen where a bigger size fridge would have gone was occupied by a fairly huge vending machine with snacks and drinks for sale. One of the charms of staying in an airbnb as opposed to a hotel room is to have a nice refrigerator. This host seems to be oblivious to the reasons people choose an airbnb and it is not the cost.
4) After we informed the host that we had to cut our 7-day reservation short and move out after 2 nights, he asked what time we could check out. Since we had already paid for a trip to the Temple of Poseidon, we could not have checked out until 3 PM. He made sure we paid for another day. This was extremely poor customer service.
Judging from the host's contentious retorts to negative reviews, we are sure he will have a bunch of excuses and clarifications. We are not going to stand for it, though. We have been coming to Europe for 40 years and have traveled all over the world. $100+ a night airbnb's in Athens should not be this bad. The only reason why our vacation was not ruined is that we are here in off season with plenty of vacancies around town.