I originally wasn't going to review this listing, but after sitting with some of my communication with the host, I feel it best to let people know about my experience. We loved the location and the aesthetic of this apartment. There were some minor issues like the bathroom air staying damp even with the fan, but our initial couple days were quite stunning. After a couple days, the electric in the entire apartment got shut off, and would not respond to the breakers in the apartment itself. The emergency contact was unreachable. The other host responded after some time and asked some troubleshoot questions, which was okayish. A woman came up and was very pleasant, she flipped some breakers downstairs and got the electric on. She also brought the promised beach towels. The host messaged me to say that it might have been because we had too many devices on at once (we had the stove, the oven and the air conditioning). This was fine as many old buildings have this problem, but I wish we'd been warned. The host went on to say that this had never happened before, and that he would send an electrician right away. He asked me to write a review. I felt fine about it at that point as it had only inconvenienced us a few hours at that point. I'm not sure if this happened or not. But a day or two later, after we were careful to turn off the air conditioning when running any other major appliance, we had the microwave and the oven going at the same time, after the stove top malfunctioned mid-cook. All of the electric cut off again. My travel mate found the breaker and turned it on, so that we had electric again. However at this point the oven stopped working as well as the stove top. Given the lack of follow through and, frankly, blamey communication and work troubleshooting, we decided to not waste time hanging around the apartment to figure it out. We'd already ruined a lot of the produce that was half cooked. I let the host know when we left. I really didn't plan on leaving a review or asking for compensation. But he sent a total of 5 messages after that, both reprimanding me for not communicating the issue and asking me to further troubleshoot with him and insisting that it had never been a problem. There was no apology or acknowledgment. It reminded me of something a lawyer I knew once said - that apologies are acknowledgement of guilt or liability. That may be true in the legal world. However with me, accountability goes a long way. Hopefully I won't be the only one that learns better communication skills.