The area (Omonoia) is plain ugly but it’s central. The place is fairly near to the metro station.
The building is old, ugly and decaying.
The apartment is renovated. Still, there is some decay. Paint in the walls was cracking and there was an exposed switch, to give an example. Worse of all was that the place didn’t feel clean. We found yellowish drops on the toilette seat and the drinking glasses, in the kitchen, weren’t clean either. And the rest, like the light switches etc. were all kind of dirty. Day 1 I asked to move out, but they wouldn’t agree on a refund, so we had to stay there. Therefore, on day 2, I did some cleaning myself. I cleaned with alcohol and wet tissues most surfaces, like the table, the kitchen counter, the toilette seat etc. and took off the dirt from the light switches.
Bed sheets were unusually thin, worn out and torn at places, which felt uncomfortable to me, since it’s the sheet that separates you from the blankets, that are not really washed between visitors.
The AC in the sleeping room was extremely noisy. It sounded like strong wind blowing in the outside. And it was weak in producing heat. The AC in the sitting room was ok, but that room felt unfriendly, mostly because the couch was old and would give in, as you sat there. Matter of fact, both rooms felt unfriendly, maybe because of the lack of curtains. There were no curtains for the balcony doors. I mean, curtains is the first thing you hang, in order to make a place feel warm.
For the rest, the bathroom is renovated. Water pleasure is very low, though, and you have to wait long for the water to heat up. If you like hot showers, this might not be the place for you. Let alone that walls and everything are practically covered with kitschy laminated instructions, mostly imploring you to save on water, paper, everything, “to save the planet”, and I suppose bring down costs for the host, as well. At least two of these “instructions” suggested that I started using water instead of paper to clean, after using the toilette for number 2, because that’s what I need at the age of 49, my friendly host giving suggestions about my personal hygiene habits.
Also, there’s a peculiar attack on taxi drivers, in these laminated "instructions", and it seems to me that it’s kind of a counter-attack, because apparently taxi drivers tend to talk badly about Omonoia. Well, Omonoia, Victoria square etc. are a very ugly part of Athens. That’s no secret.