We generally had a good stay at Charlotte’s apartment. The main apartment space is light, pleasant, modern feeling, with a cosy and homey feeling. There is a very nice tree view from the third floor perspective across to the beautiful Assistens Cemetery, which is great to walk or relax in as it’s a hybrid of park and cemetery. The Nørrebro neighborhood is lovely, with quiet back streets, shops, cafes, boutiques, and restaurants. We really appreciated the well equipped kitchen, with great espresso maker, as well as the good dishwasher and clothes washer. The TV understandably had no English channels, but there is a chromecast that you can connect to easily and the wifi is very fast and reliable. We did not use the additional TV in the bedroom. The building is modern concrete and was quiet with good stair and elevator access. The bedroom is small but bed is fine for two people, but note it is against the wall without side tables or power available, and we found the bed foam topper and bed a little soft for our tastes, but this seems to be a prevailing local preference.
Unfortunately, there were a few challenges for us in our stay, most of which can be addressed. to make a better experience for future guests. One unavoidable issue is that it fronts on a very busy two way street and the traffic noise is pretty constant and intrusive when the kitchen window or balcony door is open (ok when closed and later in the eve, although we did get the smell of cigarette smoke from a neighboring balcony.) The bedroom is on the back by the small entry hall, so it’s not as impacted directly by the noise unless doors and windows are open. And since it was was a bit warm during our stay, we had to choose between a cooling breeze and noise, or a stuffy warm space. This would be much less an issue in the cooler months, and a fan (or two) would help mitigate.
The second issue was a lack of space for guests to unpack anything. A little closet space, drawer, or shelf would go a long way to make a longer stay much better as we lived out of our bike bags on the main room floor and hung some things on the bathroom towel rack. The fridge and freezers were also pretty packed so we had to make some space, and again for a week stay did not feel welcoming.
The last issue was bedroom clutter and really dusty storage around and under the bed. We spent an hour pulling out random items (including a sock) and vacuuming thick (years?) of dust off items. It was not a pleasant welcome, but it’s cleaner now for future guests… The rest of the apartment, kitchen, and bathroom were clean.
Check in and out were fine, and we appreciated some early check in flexibility. Communication was fine, but a quicker response on some check in and check out clarifications would have been appreciated.
We know this is a new listing and took a chance on a week stay due to the good neighborhood location. We are experienced travelers and urban dwellers, so feel we have reasonable expectations when paying a decent price per night for a small apartment. We also note a lack of detail in the two reviews to date. Charlotte’s place can be a great choice for a neighborhood stay in CPH for many, and even better with some noted improvements.