There are many positives about the apartment. Although it seemed sparsely furnished at first, we appreciated the space. It was clean and in a good and safe neighborhood. The main bed/bedroom is terrific and the kitchen well equipped. We're coffee drinkers and Vassily generously borrowed a coffee maker, which made our mornings. The grocery around back is well stocked for basics with a wonderful wine store next door. The wifi, TV, etc.all worked flawlessly. There are at least three above average restaurants within a few blocks of the apartment and they offer traditional Greek, Italian or French food at very reasonable prices. The Acropolis is about a 30 minute walk (we're an olderly couple) through the botanical gardens, the incredible Cyclidian museum is at the bottom of the hill and the War Museum, the National Art Gallery (which was closed for rehab), the Byzantiium museum and several other museums are just 10 minutes down the hill. The great archeology museum was a longer walk, about 40 minutes. Everything is easily accessible by tram, subway or bus.
The negatives were very minor. The names on the apartment are in Greek, so we had to ring someone's door bell to enter and guess which 3rd floor apartment was right. An advertised clothes dryer (important because we were coming from a week in Turkey) turned out to be a clothesline on the balcony; there is no phone line (we didn't have an international phone) and the motor scooters could be preety loud at night. We're an older couple. So the hills leading up from the main streets to the apartment could be a challenge, particularly after a day of walking. This also meant that getting anywhere was easy, since it was mainly down hill. The lighting in the apartment is weak, making it somewhat difficult to read except by pushing my chair up to the balcony windows.

All in all, though, we would definitely stay here again. While the cabbie who took us from the airport suggested there were neighborhoods closer to the main attractions, we loved the feeling of getting out of the tourist areas to our "home."