90% of feedback is from summer months and feature good location. I agree about location 100% and about responsive host. Michele answered all my questions almost immediately.
I stayed in this apartment for a month in December for self-isolation mostly and below I share details about apartment itself.
Tldr: apartment is good for short stay summer vacation, and bad for long term winter.
- it's a studio room in a 16 century building with designer wooden barriers to split it into functional zones (kitchen, living room), with super high ceiling (~4m), and single pane high windows.
- apartment doesn't have gas heating or central heating. The host brings electrical heater on demand, or you can use air-conditioning. In December temperature drops to 0 at night, so the room was never warm enough for me really. I even weared jacket and hat some days in the room.
- also it's unusual, but you pay for gas, electricity additionally after your stay. + city tax 3.50€ per person per night. I didn't notice this until check in, so remember to add up this when calculating expenses.
- tap water was bad as for me. I tried boiling water without filtering and there was a thick white layer left in the pot afterwards. Apartment has filter, so you can buy cartridge for it.
- washing machine has broken plastic button. I managed to start machine by pressing through the whole in the panel, but I'm not sure how long it will last.
- electricity network is weak. Every time I turned on washing machine after shower, or with electrical heater, all power in the apartment will shut down.
- boiler is not in the apartment, so it remained mystery for me when it was working, because sometimes water will start running cold when I only washed my head, and sometimes it was ok for the full length of shower.
And a bit about living in center: the prices between shops in center and supermarkets outside center are 3x different. Often when I bought liqueur, or honey to eat, the seller would try wrapping it in a gift paper for me 😄