An OK. housing for your stay in Athens.
Location:
The apartment is located 5min uphill from the Ampelokipoi metro station (blue line so you dont have to transfer when coming from the airport). There's a little convenience store right below. The neighbourhood is quiet.
Check-in:
The process is simple and made our checkin very fast.
Check-out:
securing the keys in the keybox gave us a hard time. it felt like the box is broken and thus it took us solid 10minutes just to secure the keys.
Host / Communication:
Before the trip: Everything great and clear
During the trip: Ok rather than great. I feel like there were 3 problems. 1st-english, 2nd-the host didnt know the apartment well and 3rd sometimes missed my messages, which made our communication difficult. On the other hand, when there was a problem the host (after he got to my messages) offered a fix or a different kind of solution which is great but the whole thing could have been prevented.
Apartment:
+ AC. This was great!
+ Terrace. Nice view and large table makes this a perfect place for breakfast, dinner or evening talks
- Readiness: This was a major con. It felt like the apartment was not properly cleaned. We had new sheets and towels but the floor was dusty, and bathroom especially felt dirty (was the bathmat even disinfected?) We found a dead cockroach near the bath that could be taken care of if the bathroom had been cleaned properly.
- Equipment: we were kind of relying on a microwave which should have been there according to the listing. Well, it was not. We also head to search all around for a hairdryer which as we ultimately found out was stored in the kitchen shelf?
- the main light was broken in one of the rooms so we had to use little lamps only. Not a big deal, but still...
- the batteries in one of the AC remotes were dead, also a minor detail, but still...
- one of the rooms is oriented to the street. the neighbourhood is quiet but frequent motorcycles riding at night might give lightsleepers a hard time. this however can be solved easily, either by switching rooms or having the AC on instead of an open window.
Long story short:
Its an okay housing for a short stay in Athens, especially if you use the apartment only as a shelter for the night and dont seek top-notch luxury. Id recommend this place more to young group of friends rather than families with kids.