It was a good place to stay - it was clean, and the location was great, the building felt secure and there was enough common area for us to relax at the end of the day. We had easy walks to lots of cool stuff and the breakfast/lunch place right next door is stellar. Here are the cons… the place is LOUD. Granted, it’s on a busy city street and some noise is to be expected, but it’s really loud… crosswalks beeping at the windows in the living room and bedrooms, it was impossible to sleep without earplugs. Checkin was good and bad, the property manager met us there and was great, she showed us how to navigate the building which was necessary because that place is a maze requiring 3 keys and a fob. The hallways smell like cigarettes and urine… thankfully it’s only bad in a few places and doesnt get into the apartment. Coordinate your checkin time with her in advance - we were told she could meet as early as 1pm so we booked transport and let her know we were en route only then to find out she had other clients who took the 1p slot so we had to change our plans on the fly to meet her later. There are no hand towels in the bathroom or kitchen so washing our hands was annoying and we had to come out of the bathroom and into our bedrooms to dry our hands on our shower towels. There’s a washer/dryer in the unit but you have to bring your own detergent if you want to use it.
There were lots of add ons… we had to pay the property manager to top off the electricity which was weird to us, but €10 was enough for 4 people for 2 full days so we shrugged it off. There is a security deposit mentioned in the listing which is requested in cash - we were able to do this transaction via air bnb in the resolution center - there was no way I was handing over €200 cash off the record and just hoping I’d get it back.