—CAUTION—
The ceiling of the apartment is crumbling, and drops small pebbles and dirt throughout the space. As a previous review has mentioned, you must wear shoes/slippers if you don’t want your feet to be dirty. More concerning for me was the rocks falling on my laptop and some electronics that I had brought to carry out some work. As well, the rocks may be small, but it does raise the question when a big one might fall. The bed is covered with a canopy, which I initially thought was a cute style choice, but it is obviously in place to make the falling debris less noticable. There is a plexiglass cover in the bathroom, and you can see the amount of crumbling. The hosts told me when I checked in “the ceiling is crumbling, it’s like little breadcrumbs”. Charming when put like that, but the fact is, it is small rocks and dirt falling constantly throughout the place.
I politely cancelled my stay after 2 1/2 days, and 3 nights, and informed the owners that I could not stay there anymore, because of the ceiling issue. I asked for a refund for the nights I had left on my reservation, and they would not give it to me. Only a partial refund.
If the case was, that I had suddenly changed my plans on my own accord, then of course, it is understandable. But the apartment is not hospitable, and ceartainly not for the price they are charging. Imagine a similarly priced 4 star hotel, whose ceiling is crumbling, the reception would be mortified, and comp you a week stay. The owners of this place would not even address the issue.
-other issues (not the reason for my cancellation, but suspect for the amount the owner is charging-
-very loud and busy as there is a bar 6 meteres from the bed.
-Cockroaches. I counted three corpses on my final morning. One which had fallen on my head while I was lying in bed.
-cat pee smell around the outside entrences
-The windows open up to the the main oceanside walkway, so if you want privacy, you will have curatins (no sunlight). Again, not a problem per se, but a little bit eyebrow raising considering the nightly cost of this place.
Again, I politley asked them for a refund because of the ceiling, because stuff happens sometimes, and maybe they didnt know it was so bad, and they declined. Not cool. At all.
Do yourself a favour and look for another place.