The room is perfectly located in the centre of Riga, everything we needed was within walking distance. It is downtown so some street noise is expected. A bit surprising for us was that the room is located above a restaurant which played music from 10:00 in the morning to 01:00 in the evening (speaker about 2 meters from our window). Liga already took this into account and provided us with earplugs which blocked out the majority of the sound.
Liga was a very responsive host. Although she could not be there when we arrived, she immediately send her friend over when we had slight troubles with our check-in. We were welcomed with a welcome-trey on the bed with teacups and cookies, and lots of folders of things to do in and around Riga.
The place is very cozy and is being cleaned everyday. There are lots of amenities in the kitchen and shower which you can use. We felt very much at home during our stay.
There are two other rooms in the appartment which were also rented out. Therefore we had to wait to use the bathroom sometimes (shower and toilet in one room) but other than that we barely heard or saw the other guests.
However, a big issue for me was the shower. It was quite temperamental and most of the time it was either freezing cold or burning hot. I think I got the temperature right on one try during our four day stay. Since we were in town for a wedding this was a problem. For that occasion I ended up showering at a friends place who stayed in a hotel nearby. I also mentioned this problem to Liga a couple of times. I do not feel this complaint was taking seriously by her. When I read the more recent reviews this seems to be an ongoing issue.
The above mentioned issues were unfortunate surprises, since they were not mentioned in the description of the room.
Although the location is to die for and Liga and her friend are lovely, welcoming people, the issue with the shower makes me say that I will not be staying here again in the future. My boyfriend didn’t mind as much as I did, he however hated having to sleep with earplugs so he concluded the same thing.