Unfortunately, this was one of the worst Airbnb experiences I’ve had and makes me question continuing to use Airbnb at all. The flat is well renovated and with nice modern finishes, and the location is great, very central. However the second night I was there, there was a ton of noise overhead, and music and singing until 5:30am. Also, you can hear/feel the elevator gearbox, which presumably isn’t an issue if no one is calling the elevator at night — but it turns out the neighbor was having a party on the terrace. I had to be up at 7am for a day trip to an island so I got 1.5 hours of sleep. The host refunded me for the night when I asked for it, after checking with her neighbors to corroborate that they did indeed have a party. So I stayed the final night, and around 10pm a nearby terrace had a party absolutely blaring music. Through the closed window and over the sound of the AC, it was full force. I lived in downtown NYC for ten years so I’m used to city noise, but I’ve never had a neighbor blast music this loudly ever. I informed the host, who said since it’s a bar or restaurant she couldn’t call the police until 12pm or 1am. So after getting virtually no sleep the night before and doing a very unenjoyable day tour, I informed the host at 12am that it was still going. To her credit she did call the police and the bar to ask them to lower the music, which they did around 12:30am (the host was still screaming on the mic for another 20 minutes or so but I could sleep over that). The host offered me no compensation for this and Airbnb support was easily the definition “useless” by forwarding my message to another team who didn’t respond until after I’d checked out, even after five phone calls.
This is probably the kind of flat that has been converted to an Airbnb because it’s otherwise unsuitable in modern living as a regular living space given the noise issues, and I absolutely cannot recommend it.
Also, there were homeless people sleeping by the building entrance, which doesn’t bother me but I can understand might bother a lot of other people.