The place was nicely clean and fully ready for our stay. Lots of kitchen stuff, high speed wi-fi, comfy bed, excellent shower. For me there was too much furniture in the apartment, but Theo was very helpful and moved everything he could away.
Anyway I’d like to mention some details that were really annoying and didn’t help us to enjoy our stay.
1. “Quiet” would be the last word to describe our place. The point is that two schools are located literally next door. Maybe during summer holidays it’s fine, but we were visiting Rhodes in September. And from 7.40 am it was super loud: crowds of local kids and teens were hanging out outside less than in a meter distance from our door gate. We also could hear every bell and noise during the breaks.
2. Privacy. In the description it’s written a small private garden/patio would be available for the guests. Unfortunately it’s not true. The fence is quite low and the gate is see through. So school kids were starring at me playing with my baby, chilling with my husband or sunbathing. It was quite annoying and didn’t give us a feeling of privacy.
3. Safety for the kids. The first question I asked Theo in our mail conversation if the place was suitable for families with 2-years old kids. He answered it was. But I wouldn’t recommend it for parents with 1-3 years old toddlers. You can see in the pictures the photo of the gate. It’s quite low, right? The lock is super easy and fixed very low as well - perfectly comfortable for 2-years old curious toddler. Our son in 10 minutes learned how to open it and the rest of our vocations we spent catching him trying to escape. Just to let you know while opening the gate one gets in a busy street with cars and mopeds. There were lots of decoration elements in the apartment unsafe for the small kids (glass table, sharp -angled things etc) . For example there is a huge mirror on 2-legs wooden stand in the living room (I didn’t see it in the pictures, but it’s there). It’s placed against the wall, but not fixed. And If the kid starts shaking it (our boy tried few times) , it can be easily fallen down. In my understanding safe apartments for families with small kids are designed that way that parents can relax and don’t need to check every minute if the baby is ok and didn’t break his head and the furniture.
And noise again….
Our last morning started quite early because of renovation works in the building. From 8 am and onwards it was more than loud.
Our communication with Theo was great. He was very quick to answer and gave us good traveling tips.