Ale was very helpful, he gave us more then sufficient information to get to the apartment, he even waited for us in the street to bring us up to the apartment!

The apartment required you to take a level up by climbing some stairs, it may be difficult if you have lots of heavy luggage. Ale was very welcoming and gave us orientation of the apartment and how to use the various equipments in the place. The apartment was spacious and clean, had a cozy feel to it. Ale cautioned us about the possibility of the electricity tripping if it was overloaded, he gave us instructions to fix it too.. We put the clothes to wash just moments after he left, and within 10 minutes the house tripped! Luckily we managed to contact Ale, and he was apologetic and hurried back to help us fix the trip! Some of the lights in the house are more "antique-y" and hence use more energy, we had to be more cautious when we used those lights with say the washer/oven. It wasn't much of an issue to us, just that we didn't hope to encounter another blackout, hence we made sure only the stuff/lights we were using, were on.

The apartment itself was clean and neat, furnishings are a combination of old & new. One thing to note, mosquitoes! We're not sure if we stayed during the mozzie season, but with the mosquito repellent device on, we still had mozzie bites! The television in the room was the vintage box types, we tried to watch it, but i think there were only very few to choose from (less then 3?) Didn't bother us anyway as we didn't have time to watch the telly. The Wifi in the house was pretty weird, in some parts of the house, we could get full bar connections, and if you were just beside the wifi modem, you could get a single bar connection? I noticed that inside buildings, it is difficult to get a mobile signal, it was the same case here.

Kitchen was nice, had lots of stuff we could use to cook. There were some stuff in the fridge, but we didn't use them. The pantry was stocked with pasta, and sauces, condiments, biscuits, tea/coffee.

The washer is functioning well, but tends to act up a bit when coming to the end of the wash cycle, but we managed to do our laundry sufficiently.

This apartment had no air-conditioner, but had a nice little fan!

The location is great as it is walking distance to the train station, there are many little shops around the area too.