Decent apartment, close to town. Building is noisy, resulting in 8 nights of little sleep. A constant banging noise 2 floors directly below this apartment occurs every 3 to 10 minutes, day/night, reverberating throughout the building. The host claims he never heard it and asked us to locate it. My husband, a builder, who's worked on construction sites for 25 years, located the noise in the water pump room. The host sent the maintenance man (aka gardener) to look at it. The host said the gardener considers this a "normal noise". I can assure you, it is NOT normal. In laymans terms, the water pump is good, but one control valve is faulty - turning on and in 2 seconds shutting off. The shutting off action triggers a loud bang. The switch needs to be replaced. Not only did my husband locate the noise, he took pictures/video, informed the host of the problem and what needs to be done. No one should do this on vacation, as it took up a great deal of our time. The correct course of action is to have "building maintenance" contact a professional experienced with this issue. What you don't do is rely on someone who's job is trimming plants to make that assessment. This is a technical problem, requiring a professional in that field to fix it. The host did not involve a professional - what he chose to do was let us live with the noise for 8 nights. The host made no attempt to meet us, come to the building or see and hear this for himself. He was unconcerned our entire stay - an absent host. I'm sure he slept soundly in his own noise-free home, while dismissing our pleas for help. In November, this building is deserted, and we were basically the only ones there tortured by this constant noise. We reached out to the apartment rental company after 4 days of no help from the host, and the rental company said they would find us a new apartment or provide a partial refund. We opted for the new apartment - but if a comparable apartment wasn't available, then a partial refund would be in order. The rental company never got back to us with either option, so we were on our own with this problem the entire time. The host said no one complained about this noise before, so obviously, this is a new issue. Ironically, my husband met with the gardener 4 days into our stay, sent by the host, to show him this noise issue, and the gardener agreed it was loud and needs to be fixed. However, the host claims the gardener told him it was a "normal noise". Who's lying? If this is a "normal" noise, it needs to be disclosed on the host's webpage, as it will keep you up at night. He thinks if he keeps repeating it's "normal" - it will be.