Let's begin with the good:
- The appartment is located perfectly, in walking distance from everything cool Lisbon has to offer. Breakfast places, dinner places and the harbor are just a walk away.
- The appartment is in -what I'm guessing- a traditional portuguese house, there isn't anything more authentic I think.
- The kitchen is well equipped, fridge, freezer, coffe machine, water boiler. Everything is there.
- Bed was comfy, and sheets were clean.
And the bad:
- We were trying to reach Fabio prior to our travel, because there is no house number, and also wanted to know if everything was in order with our reservation. Sent him two airbnb messages, two text messages over a course of about 3 weeks, and got no answer for any of them. After the first phone call he promised to send us the house number, but he didn't. Took another call to make it happen. I expect at least some kind of communication, especially if travel is due in a couple of days. When we arrived (I must mention, that it was 2,5 hours late because of flight delay, which we communicated), we called him to let him know that we will be arriving by metro. My husband and Fabio was having a three minutes conversation in which he tried to convince us to take a taxi instead of the metro. Later as we arrived and talked it over with him, it looked more like a not too subtle friendly advice, but at the airport it felt more like pressioning us to be there quicker.
- The appartement is located in an old house on a busy street, which means it is noisy, outside and inside too.
- Because it is an old building, plumbing stinks, and there are small bugs that are living in sewers running around sometimes. I don't think it's anyones fault, but I think it is something that needs to be mentioned.
- There are no curtains, so either blinds are constantly down on the street front (where the main bedroom is), or you are risking being seen.
Tl;dr: Expect noise, bring earplugs, and call Fabio, because this is the only way he seems to be communicating.