Despina is a lovely host and the apartment is placed squarely in the Exharchia area of Athens with lots of lively bars and great restaurants. It’s fair to say that this is the so - called Anarchist area of Athens and definitely edgy ( in a good way ) but it seemed perfectly safe as there were always people on the street
The apartment was clean and well equipped with an elegant living room looking out onto the square.
It is on the first floor and while this made it easy to haul luggage up the one flight of stairs( there is an elevator if you really can’t walk ! ) it also meant that the weekend I was there my sleep was disturbed by street noise at night. There is also a fluorescent light outside the bedroom window which the curtains didn’t entirely block. I did point this out to Despina and suggested she get some black out blinds which would solve the problem.
On my last day Despina arranged a taxi for me and generally communication was good. She met me and gave me a thorough show round- which is always nice.
There was also a good washer drier and instructions to go with it. So apart from the bedroom issue ( rectifiable ) this was a place I can recommend