PICTURES MAKE IT LOOK BETTER THAN IT ACTUALLY IS
Yes, the exposed brick wall and terrace are beautiful, but that's about it.
1) This is NOT a whole apartment. Once you open the door, there is a common room with 3 doors. 1 door is for this room, another is for a separate rental and the last for a common bathroom. Other than your door, the other guests are using the bathroom and main area. You may even see them in their towels or eating breakfast (as we did). This is not what we expected when we decided on a whole apartment.
2) NOISE. The room faces a busy street AND it's near a hospital so you will hear sirens constantly.
3) Our shower curtain was barely hanging on. It was tied in one area and only secured by 3 other rings. Among this frustration, if the shower wand is not properly positioned, it can spray onto the floor of the bathroom and create a massive puddle.
4) The furniture is stained and one couch was even covered in sheets.
5) There are only 2 paper thin pillows on the bed (so 1 each if you're a couple), along with 1 paper thin towel per person. There were no extras to be found.
6) Communication was strong until the moment we arrived, when we were waiting outside the apartment with no idea how to get in. The host did not answer our phone calls or messages in a timely fashion, and when he did it was only to say to push his name on the com system (which we obviously already tried). Once we finally entered the property (only because another tenant opened the door to leave), we eventually were greeted by someone that worked for this host. The gentleman was very kind, but it would've been nice to know ahead of time that we were meeting someone else. Finally, we messaged the host the night before departure to ask where he'd like us to leave the keys and tax (more on the tax below) and did not receive a response. We also messaged him once we were officially out of the apartment as a courtesy to let him know, and he also did not respond.
7) Tax - I'm not sure if the tax thing is legit. I've read multiple articles with conflicting thoughts. I did message airbnb about this and they said that although the tax is probably correct, you should only be paying the hosts via airbnb and not leaving cash/euros.