This apartment was beautiful, clean, and very convenient. They did a super job renovating!!
Nonetheless, the description on Airbnb gave a significant misimpression of the actual configuration and size of the apartment. For just a few examples:
* Lists separate “full kitchen” and “entrance” with pictures of each, but it is actually referring to the same location in the apartment, just with the accessory kitchen cabinet doors open in the “kitchen” picture but closed in the ”entry” shot.
* The “full” kitchen simply was not (look carefully at the picture)
* Lists a separate “common space” which is nothing more than 3 pictures taken from the living room and bedroom (NOT a separate common area). Likewise, lists “indoor fireplace” under three locations (living room, bedroom, and “common space”) but there is actually only one such fireplace (in the bedroom)
In the end, the small unit actually was just one main room (with the entry/accessory kitchen/mini breakfast table on one end & a tiny living area on the other end), with a bedroom, and an en suite bathroom.
Check in was frustrating and awkward. When I texted the owner to say I had arrived, he kept responding “did you read the instructions I sent” rather than just sending me the unit location and lockbox code by text (which he eventually did after several text exchanges). Ultimately, I HAD read the original instructions Re: how to get to the building, but I did not receive the most crucial information (i.e., which unit it was and how to get in) until much later in the day (via the Airbnb app once i had access to WiFi in the unit). Perhaps attempt to give entry instructions earlier in the day or the day before (not while a person is waiting to get in with a bunch of luggage) to avoid foreseeable glitches in last-minute communication (especially since cell reception is so poor in the unit).
I needed to go shopping for some “essentials” that were missing (e.g., Kleenex in bathroom & paper towels or dish towel in the kitchen).