While our host was very responsive and friendly over email in the lead up to (and post) our stay, she did not meet us on arrival. We were met by our hosts brother who seemed in a rush at the time.

The listing description was not quite accurate. The rooms shown in the photos did look the same as the photos, however the kitchen and bathroom facilities were very basic. Additionally there was a strong smell of rising damp through the entire house. Not a mild old house smell, but rather it was a strong mould smell that made spending any extended period of time inside impossible.have stayed in many houses older than this one that don’t smell at all so it can’t be blamed on “old world charm”.

The neighbourhood, while within the old city, was in an area of the old city that had yet to be gentrified, and was largely surrounded by vacant properties. The less than solid front door and the location made us feel less than secure, and think twice about leaving any of our possessions in there without being locked up.