The host/cohost was great. Very very responsive and always there to assist and help. Thank you Perikilis. I write this review with hesitation considering how nice and responsive with messages he was but I want to avoid future guests from going through a nightmare.
The property itself unfortunately is not what we expected. We stayed here just over a month - 35 days so we have good feedback here.
The Internet connection is great! Used often and no issue here.
The property itself is nice inside but there may be some signs of pests. We saw several cockroaches. We contacted the host and they mentioned this is somewhat normal in the center of Athens. We contacted AirBnB to get help and based on their "research" also mentioned this is somewhat normal for the area. Cockroaches are signs of infestation, not sure what research they did.. you will be left stranded if you find this as a problem. The corridors of the building itself had pest control so there seems to be an issue but for us those signs showed that there is an infestation and didn't feel safe or clean overall. Airbnb will not do anything apart from giving you a refund of the remaining days. Our problem was we had a strict budget, we secured the property well in advance. The properties to book on short notice were 4/5x of what we had booked. We literally had nowhere to go apart from continue staying and deal with the pests. Terrible situation, AirBnB let us down.
The location... in no words of exaggeration was one of the worst spots of Athens and all spots I have seen in my life. If you step outside the building, across the street, is full of drug abusers... we are talking 30+. I sometimes saw close to 100 on the side streets not even 20 meters away. You can see them injecting needles in their arms. This was a very very surreal experience and never seen anything like this in my life and I thought I had seen things before. It is a very very sad situation. We couldn't really leave at night to explore the city just due to the unsafe it felt. You have to go through the side streets to go on the main road to go up to Omonia... there is no escaping seeing this. What is shocking is how many hotels are located in this region considering the problem the city is facing. Again... AirBnB failed us here. If the issue exists outside the property they cannot help you here to relocate as part of their policy.
If you are ready for this please book any place in the east of the city very very far from this spot.