My family (wife, 3 year old son and 1.5 year old son) stayed here in early December 2020, during our trip to Bologna. We initially booked the “Luxury Industrial Design Loft” but received a message from Design Club Collection that there was an issue with the bathroom that couldn’t be fixed before our arrival the following day. So they sent us a link to this “Extreme Design” apartment which they claimed was bigger.
Overall, the apartment looks great in photos but not as functional as we have liked for a family of 4. It smelled of cigarettes when we first arrived and on the second day we found half a used cigarette in the dish rack above the sink. On the fourth night, my 18 month old son found a cigarette butt in the main bathroom.
Guest bedroom: The bed in the guest bedroom is uncomfortable and caves in the middle. It might be time for the host to replace the mattress.
Loft bedroom: The bed is a double bed and is decently comfortable. Being higher up, the room is closer to the heating vents so the room quickly got hot whereas the main living area was still cold. I slept in shorts and no shirt but had to put on a sweatshirt when walking back downstairs to use the bathroom. I imagine this would be the opposite issue in the hot summer months.
Main bathroom: The bathroom is made of black marble but there is no light in the shower so I had to use the light on my phone to see. Also, the two pendent lights above the sink point down so it created shadows on my face when I tried to shave. The bathroom could benefit from better and more functional lighting.
Kitchen: The kitchen could also benefit from better and more functional lighting. My wife had to keep the refrigerator door open in order to see while she cooked. Although we didn’t need a freezer, we just want to point this out to future travelers. However, it does come with an espresso maker and we were provided with enough espresso pods for our stay.
Wifi: We tried logging into Netflix using the television in the main living area but was unsuccessful even though we received an email notification from Netflix of a new login. However, the television in the guest bedroom was already logged into Netflix so we were able to use that instead. Occasionally, my son would see the buffering icon when streaming on his iPad.