What an utterly disastrous stay! Never before on my travels I had such fruitless communication with the host and never I had to ask for the most obvious things.
First, my check in was delayed for 1 hr and I never thought anything bad about it. When I came to check in, I immediately heard strong constant noise of a hammer drill from the apartment just opposite and this noise accompanied and poisoned most of my stay - it was impossible to sleep in the morning, neither it was impossible to open the balcony door - the noise would be worse and a crowd of builders were renovating the apartment just opposite.
The neighbours have 2 lovely dogs which, however pleasant they were (I love dogs), were barking every time someone walks in the building, especially late in the evening.
The entrance has no light switch (or it wasn't clear to find one nor it was explained to me where it was) so I had to to find my way in the darkness. Once I'd spend ages trying to open the door, I had to repeat the struggle trying to find the key switch to somewhere behind the door in complete darkness to turn off the light. Very thoughtful of the guests.
The kitchen was an utter desert - no knife, no frying pan, no wine glasses - it actually was a first Italian house that didn't even have a corkscrew opener. They have brought a few things after some time (knife, hair dryer) but some were awful, e.g. old dirty frying pan that i wasn't able to use. One must forget the cooking or enjoying their meals there if they plan to stay. Also perhaps would make some sense to have salt and sugar in the kitchen but clearly I'm expecting too much (so I've been told in rather rude and unpleasant manner).
The wardrobe, however spacious only had 3 (!) hangers. The host perhaps didn't think a guest who came to stay for 5 days might have more than 3 items of clothing.
The place has no iron (apparently because one cannot iron on the table, the host perhaps is not aware there are ironing boards for it) and it was my fault not to ask about it beforehand - "you should've read better" - I've been told. However, elsewhere it was never an issue and hosts usually could find irons. Not this time, however, so I had to wear creased clothes, that was very unpleasant for me.
The host kept messaging via watsap and poached me to use their own website, not airbnb. I must say, airbnb wasn't helpful either - i contacted their support but they showed no intention to help so the days where airbnb was attentive and helpful are perhaps gone.
On good sides - the apartment is located well - Ballaro market just around the corner and Lidl just down the road (not if it was of much use for me, I couldn't cook in that kitchen properly, but just for reference). Most of the sights are in walking distance and I did like the atmosphere of the area. What a pity the host made my stay such unpleasant. I wish and I hope they will communicated better and more effectively to the other guests.
Also, they have rushed me to check out and as a result I sat on a toilet seat lid and broke it (I'm only a slim guy - 74kg, wouldn't think it would be such poor quality), but this was sorted with the host and I paid for the damage. When I was walking out of the property, I saw the new guests with the suitcases waiting (10am), wish I was so lucky, I was only allowed to check in at 1pm.