Access to apartment is really good and well supported by public transport. Apartment is clean. It’s lovely and warm in the morning when flooded with sunlight, but cold otherwise despite the host’s insistence that the heater was working. It was set to 30C (!!) but felt less than 23C which is my usual settings in my own home. I was very worried about the temperature on the first night. Experience would have been better if host remembered to give instructions that the humidifier on the flat can be used and can offer some warm air.
I would like to say that Yu seemed genuinely keen to assist with my concerns about the room temperature - for which I am truly grateful. But I was devastated by my last evening in the apartment. No sooner than 10 min upon getting into the flat after 11pm, the fuse jumped and the apartment went pitch black and - obviously no heat. I was desperate for help but I didn’t feel Yu was responsive. He said there was language issue with trying to convey my message to maintenance people. He said he would send instructions to help. In the end I had to try to find the fuse box myself coz he did not tell me where it was and clearly was not sure where it was himself. There was no emergency torchlight in the flat, I was lucky to still have enough battery from my hand phone to act was extra lighting; I had to move his large sofa around in the small flat, stand on its back to try to reach up to the fuse box. It was an ordeal.
While grateful to my host for efforts in the early part of my stay, I can’t help but leave with disappointment.