We are a couple and stayed at Alexandra's place for 2 weeks while working remotely. This review is very geared towards this particular use case.
The good:
- Alexandra's tips and communication were super helpful
- The location is just perfect (cool neighbourhood, great bars, restaurants, etc 2 mins away)
- We never got in any public transportation or Ubers while there, everything is within walking distance
- The apartment is stylish and clean, bed super comfortable and the couch as well
- There is a bluetooth speaker in the flat
- The flat is soaked in natural light throughout the whole day, which is really nice
- The shower/toilet area (bar my caveat below) is good
The not as good:
- Internet speeds are bad, particularly upload (Alexandra was helpful and also informed us this is an issue in Athens and it seems that way but still, it isn't great) . We still managed to have meetings (lower video quality, 1 video at a time, etc) and stream Netflix but occasionally had to hotspot from our phones or deal with bad quality streams for a bit. It's important to note there isn't a router in the apartment itself, the internet is shared with other flats so if you need to restart the router, you can't.
- The SmartTV was not working properly which is a bit annoying (restarting the TV, entering a long wifi password using the remote, etc... A bit tiring to do every other day)
- The balcony is nice but leads on to a main road which is very noisy (and we were there during lockdown)
- The shower doesn't have a holder piece, meaning you need to hold the shower the entire time you're showering (I understand this can be personal preference but I don't find it very convenient)
- The kitchen table isn't a very good laptop friendly workspace since the chairs are quite low in relation to the table. Again, seems like a detail but for working remotely a few days it isn't really.
- Because the flat is all open with very few walls (you can see the bathroom area from the kitchen) it isn't ideal for 2 people to have work meetings simultaneously)
To be clear: we really enjoyed our stay and I think the perfect target group for the flat is a couple on holidays or a family on holidays because for these groups all my "not-as-good"s don't apply! For our particular case of a couple working remotely it was really good but with some minor problems.