Let me start with the positives of the apartment. The location is great, very close to everything you need in the center of Athens. Overall well equipped. The host is quite responsive.
My personal experience was not all that rosy, but to be fair this could have been "a series of unfortunate events" 🙂
Instead of providing a long story I decided to be more pragmatic and share some things you might find helpful:
- if you arrive after 9pm local time, ask the host to meet you at the address (entrance doors can be locked on key, i.e. can't be open remotely).
- shower space is very narrow (you literally touch either curtain or wall while taking the shower). I had an issue with water flooding the bath floor, but the host fixed this: shouldn't be a problem anymore.
- kitchen & other equipment is good, it's just if you want to use washing machine, there's no clothes dryer rack, and if you want to iron something - no ironing board.
- someone mentioned noise. Wasn't big trouble for me personally. Yes, you have a bar just below the bedroom window (3rd floor) & a few further away, but when you close the window it's just a background noise: small price to pay for the central location. I slept well 🙂
- there's a high chair & an extra bed for kids (didn't use them as travelled alone this time), I would just be careful with power sockets as they most of them in the bedroom are electric extenders somehow connected to the wall.
I had an OK stay, and if not for my 1st day experience, it could have been quite good. So if the above mentioned things don't bother you much - this apartment could be a nice option for your stay in Central Athens.