The perfect location, the attractive photographs, and the owner's superhost status led me to book this apartment. Our stay there was marred, however, first of all by imperfect communication. The helper who let us in waved in the direction of the modem assuring us that we would find the wi-fi password on its back. We found not one but two passwords there, each quite long, so it took some experimenting in order to discern the right one. We wanted to take a shower, but discovered there was no hot water. The helper had failed to show us an electric switch in the kitchen which needed to be turned on to make the boiler work. When evening came, we found the lighting way too low for reading. A floor lamp that might have helped only flickered on and off. I reported this to the owner but his promise that it would be taken care of was not fulfilled in the course of our three day stay. There were no scissors in the kitchen, which meant opening a package of coffee entailed stabbing it with a knife, a messy maneuver. The furniture in the apartment, aside from the lamp, was also run-down. Perhaps because of proximity to the river, mosquitos were a problem too.