So the good things first: the apartment is clean and tidy apart from a bit dusty (I guess we were the first people to rent it though). The rooms are bigger than they seem on the pictures.
The location is absolutely amazing and the owner is a large airbnb rental company so the communication was very good.
The amenities are all nice and present. Good fridge, stove, shower, etc.
The bad things:
The apartment is on the nearest metro station and every time the train drives past the entire floor shakes. It’s really noticeable sometimes and I even woke up once because of it.
The street nearby is a very popular and big street which means it’s very loud. The windows however don’t block all the sound and the street noises come through all night. Expect a police or ambulance siren at least 1-2 times a night. The other side of the apartment has really noisy neighbors and the one small room has an air flow vent in the door which is really loud as well as a heating pipe that keeps clicking.
It would be better if they turned on the AC even though it’s not summertime (the AC is on in summer the Info paper said) because then you could cool down the room without opening the window and letting even more noise in.
The sockets in the apartment are super random. In the small room I had to charge my phone from a socket so it was hanging above me while I sleep. I didn’t understand the layout of the sockets at all.
With all the disturbance from the metro + the neighbours and the air vent thing, combined with the stress that my phone was hanging from the wall to charge and the fact that the apartment was pretty dusty was very stressful to sleep in. That combined with the tiny bed and massive, hard pillows meant that I didn’t get a single night of good sleep. I am a moderate sensitive sleeper so I sleep pretty normal and usually don’t wake up at night.
To the host: if you are going to use a tiny tiny bed make sure the pilllows are smaller and softer so they don’t block even more space on the bed. Also make sure every bed has a socket + nightstand to charge from next to it. Allow the AC to be on in the winter to let us close the window to deal with the noise from outside. If I could have slept well in this airbnb I would give it 5 stars immediately, especially for the price. But right now I will stick with 3 because sleep is super important and I felt like shit a lot of the days from not sleeping well.