I do not recommend this stay, and will not stay with this host again. I don’t get the sense that the host cares about the well-being of his guests. If anything goes wrong, you’re on your own. The apartment feels like no one lives there; it is run down and kind of gross. It might be worth it if it was much cheaper.
On the day I checked in, the host informed me that the woman who cleans the apartment had a delayed flight, so the cleaning would not be done until 10:30pm. He said he was sorry and would leave a bottle of wine to smooth it over (he didn’t). That wasn’t such a big deal, except the time estimate was very wrong and the host didn’t respond to my message asking for an update. So I had no idea when I would have a bed to sleep in. And then at 1am I discovered sheets outside the front door, and needed to set up the bed myself.
The woman who cleans came by the next day, and after that the host messaged me to ask me how things were. I told him the cleaning was mostly good, but it was not vacuumed, the kitchen counter tops could use a better wipe down, and there was no wine. I requested a small discount on the first night for the trouble, 200kr, just something to buy breakfast. I also let him know that I couldn’t find the bike keys, and I also couldn’t find the bikes outside. The host didn’t respond for 6 days - until the last day of my stay. I had to rent my own bike. On the last day he denied my small 200kr request, said he was sorry I didn’t find the bikes and the cleaning wasn’t right, and he would “look into it”. I never heard back from him. All of this together felt very bad.