The apartment is new, spacious and very comfortable, with an excellent comfortable bed, nice little balcony, very clean, keyless entry and lift. The aircon is whisper quiet. Adequate kitchen for occasional meals, but why would you need one with such terrific cheap eateries three steps up the road. There's a laminated sheet in the apartment with a map and a small number of first-class recommendations 'where the locals eat', literally right round the corner, which we thoroughly recommend - not your usual heavy, standardised taverna food.

Konstadinos was very responsive by email and was easily available during our stay for anything we needed - he and his sister live upstairs, but do not intrude, and you have independent access.

We were there Sunday through Tuesday and had no problem with noise - we even slept with the windows open. Konstandinos warned us that Fri and Sat nights are noisy because of the nightlife - the apartment is right on the edge of the buzzing Psiri neighbourhood, so it goes with the territory - but he plans to upgrade the soundproofing (which is already pretty good). Psiri felt pretty safe late into the evening as there are lots of bars, cafes, restaurants and people - just watch for pickpockets particularly on and around the metro.