Honest review from a fellow airbnb host: Start positive. The view of the acropolis is fantastic and the location puts you right in the middle of the shopping district (although loud all night long). Unfortunately for us that is where the positive ends.
My girlfriend spent countless hours pouring over the options for Athens of which there are many. We settled on this apartment due to view, location, and photos. As soon as we walked in we were disappointed. In our opinion the pictures look so great but in reality the apartment is old, somewhat dingy, smelled moldy. If you are a family you may like this place due to the availability of the crib and the couch is a possible other bed but this was not us. We found the kitchen to be old, poorly stocked, tiny and not well maintained. The bathroom was the same description with a very strange shower that had a broken shower head holder that had not been repaired. It is very cramped and european old (not in a charming way). The floors that looked so beautiful in pictures are in severe need of repair. These issues were totally manageable but the final straw for us was the mattress and the worst night of sleep for our 16 day trip to Greece. Yes I know Europe is notorious for hard mattresses and yes we did have some firm and uncomfortable ones elsewhere but this really took the cake. Not only was is rock hard but lumpy and creaky. Even by layering every blanket we could find to try to add some comfort we could not get any comfort or sleep. I got up stiff with a lot of back pain. I messaged the host in the morning and asked for a refund and was refused. I asked for a mattress pad or some assistance with the bed and was told that no-one else had complained. All of these requests were done in a diplomatic and courteous manner. Even though I lost all my money we transferred after that first night to a brand new hotel with nice included breakfast salvaging our time in Athens. I contacted Airbnb for assistance but will not get any refund.