Our experience with Laura was unfortunate and left a somewhat bitter taste. When we checked into the flat, we found the whole building covered with heavy scaffolding: a construction site which in no way resembled the pictures in the airbnb website, nor mentioned previously by Laura.
We approached her immediately but she insisted that these were "livable conditions" and that the renovations ended a month earlier. She did not appologize or acknowledge our concern.
Feeling caged-in behind heavy scaffolding and construction materials, unable to see the street from the windows, we began to search for alternative acommodation, and Laura agreed to cancel. Yet we were still forced to stay the night, having no place to go until the next day.
Early in the morning a construction worker was in our window, it was a very eery experience. So, even if constructions had indeed ended - as Lauea insisted - it was still an active construction site, probably at its last stages.
Besides that, Laura's place is sweet, cosy and clean. But bear in mind that (as another guest mentioned in a review), there is an unpleasant smell in the flat. Perhaps of cigarettes, we weren't sure.
Also, communication with Laura was not smooth from the beginning. During booking, she ignored two of my messages and never wrote back. But she was quick to reply towards the date of the flight, when I wrote to her again.
I am a very active airbnb user, and always enjoy this community of hosts and guests, that are so mutually helpful and warm and considerate towards each other. This is the first time I had encountered such an unpleasant experience with an airbnb host.