The flat inside was clean, beautiful and the facilities were in good order, however our use of the apartment was restricted due to it 1 being attached to another building which is undergoing construction /refurbishment and the noise of drilling early in the morning and throughout the day forced us to leave the apartment several times for respite. We could not use the balcony either due to the noise and dust.
We complained about the noise and that the flat was advertised as being in a VERY QUIET neighbourhood with NO mention of the full blown attached construction building site which has been there for a long time according to the locals. We were refused a full refund to include compensation and only offered a refund for cancellation of nights not yet stayed. We were also told to let the host know if the construction workers carried on drilling /were noisy after the regulated quiet hours. We were not told what those hours were - however we were shocked when we looked them up as they advised that construction workers in residential buildings for this period of time are allowed to work /drill for over 12 hours a day, from early morning 7.01 (2 hour break for siesta at 3.30) then to 9.59 at night.
We had been to Athens several times and had visited most of the tourist sites therefore this time we had planned on enjoying the apartment /balcony and going out later when it was cooler, however we could not do this daily due to the dust and noise that was on and off.
We had to stay in the flat because other suitable apartments were fully booked. We feel that we have been deceived with the advert stating that the apartment is in a very quiet neighbourhood and in fact it is not due to the attached building construction site with ongoing work /drilling being carried out. We took a video of the noise and building site attached to the apartment if it is needed.
We wrote this review as we wanted to make sure that other people were aware of the building site, dust and on/off noise to take this information into consideration before they booked it. If the building site was not there our holiday would have been great.