The hosts Catarina and Antonio were really nice, accomodating and easy to reach. They also arranged both checking in and checking out in a smart and easy way.
However, I still find this Airbnb to be overrated and misleading in its reviews.
In retrospect, I would rather have paid another 20 EUR or so per night to get something much more valuable (as I have been in Lisbon and stayed at Airbnbs before and found those better in terms of money value and thus "cheaper" than this).
Firstly, although the apartment was cute, nice, and clean as in the photos - there was a daily occurrence of ants (so we kept having to think of where we put our bags etc.) Although we were compensated slightly for this and they were transparent, it still bothers me that we were told that this was a regular occurrence and that they would usually offer an extra cleaning as compensation. I wish I would have been told this BEFORE deciding to rent.
Secondly, the electricity kept flickering daily/regularly (as if the power supply was over-exhausted) so we ended up taking out the light bulbs where it was possible. Not a major thing, since the bathroom and kitchen spotlights worked well, but this defintely added to our list of little things.
Thirdly, the area is central which is great, and the area was quiet at night, but this particular street and close neighborhood felt quite sketchy at night. Again, the apartment is nice, but the building itself quite worn down.
The view from the room/french balcony by the bed (which I suspected, because the photos don't reveal the view) was overlooking a small and messy yard. We ended up keeping this door closed for most of our stay.
Lastly, the bed mattress was fine, but together with the fact that there is no air-conditioning made it a little hard to sleep well (there is a cooling fan/unit that you can turn on though - which helps a bit).
Hosts were super nice, but I think the reviews were misleading.
An additional thing that may seem small to others but bothered me personally:
It was not nice being asked by the host the day before deprture (or at any point) what time we would be leaving on our last day. The checkout time is clearly stated and on our vacation we should not have to feel as if it would be better if we left earlier than the official checkout time, at noon. We have paid until 12:00 and we want to reserve that time - whether we decide to leave earlier last minute or not. It may seem small, but was quite annoying to get that message/question on our last lovely day/evening in Lisbon.