This is a charming renovated building with 3 units( the garden is shared) in the midst of a politically vibrant area which is well defined in the description Panos wrote for the listing.
We were unlucky to have to deal with 3 consecutive situations in which we couldn’t enter the building, 2 of which happened at midnight hours , which was stressful to deal with with our tired kids.None of the incidental events were things Panos could control or predict but they were significant: 1) a new pad lock that didn’t open without exerting a lot of force in a precise way that you could only know if you made a couple phone calls to Panos to find out, a storm that shut off the electronic key system and left us unable to enter without waking our neighbor to let us in, and a smashed key box by a protester that also left us unable to get in.
We suggested that having a different entry system,perhaps with a regular key would be best since Panos doesn’t live in the building and the lady who cleans came to assist but she doesn’t speak English and we felt a bit helpless. Guests from other units had to be awaken to open the door for us, and that was a very uncomfortable solution.We would give this place all the stars,but as an Airbnb hostess myself,I feel like I need to offer a bit of warning.I think this can be easily fixed,so I’m sure Panos will have a successful rest of the summer.
The food market on Saturday is really wonderful! And getting lost in the labyrinthine neighborhood of stairs, street cats,graffiti,interesting local businesses was a great experience.