Upon arring at the room in Bari, we were greeted by Emilia who kindly showed us around and got us settled into our room.
We found the room to be very comfortable, and fully equipped with a fan and little balcony. The apartment is on the second floor and has an operational elevator, and is a 15 min walk to the train station.
Overall, we enjoyed our stay, however we did find that there were a few issues regarding the cleanliness of the apartment.
Gianpeiro's place very much fits the idea of an Airbnb 'Farm'.
the apartment is large, has four roomy bedrooms, a small tv room, two toilets, 2 showers, a large shared balcony, and kitchen.
No staff are consistently present at Gianpeiro's place. Instead it is pitched as a sharehouse of sorts, with instructions on how to maintain cleanliness, a 'bin schedule', and household ettique.
In the kitchen we found that the tea towels had existing mould stains on them, and there were no spares to replace them with. We found this to be a health hazard as other people were using them to dry their freshly washed dishes.
We understand that the apartment staff are seldom present, but we found that when the cleaners arrived to service the apartment, they did not replace the teatowels, which we thought would be standard even if there were not mould stains in them.
Further to this, the main bathroom had a depression in the floor that caused water to puddle in the centre. For the duration of our stay there was this same puddle in the bathroom, which felt quite unhygienic. There was furthermore, no bathmat provided.
On our first night the power went out, and the hot water did not return for the next 36 hours. Granted, Emilia worked well to have this amended regardless of the difficulty of the public holiday.
Finishing up, we can understand the idea behind this sort of sharehouse/farm, however there needs to be permanent staff to ensure the clenliness and overall function of the apartment.