First things first, this is a lovely apartment with great furnishings and lots of space. With a nice balcony overlooking the main bar street of Lisbon. We did however encounter a number of aspects we thought weren't so good.
Firstly the shower is not powerful and not particularly hot (which wasn't great as it was November.) Each morning we were awoken at 8am by unbelievably loud banging and industrial drills from the floor above that would go on all morning, literally causing the ceiling to shake. We mentioned this to the host who was accommodating and said we could move to another apartment however we'd chosen this one and didn't want the hassle of moving - and we did have no prior warning whatsoever of the noise.
We felt like the apartment was run under a business, it felt like a hotel room without the room service or breakfast, as we learned that there were other apartments on the roster, and it was clear nobody lived in this apartment -
plus Joao (who is a helpful and nice guy) initially wasn't sure which 'booking we were' making us believe there is a chain of apartments with different booking numbers - something we are not looking for in airBNB - otherwise we would have chosen a hotel!
Similarly when we arrived there were absolutely no cooking basics such as oil, sugar, tea bags, salt, pepper etc and nothing to wipe down the surfaces with, we were told the supermarket was open until 10pm on the first night so we could buy food however it was already closed so i was lucky to find a tiny shop and had to buy things like pepper and olive oil! Again, this is not what you expect in an AirBNB - or at least you would expect warning.
We also noticed that someone had been into the apartment on a daily basis as things were moved around (the mirror) and we found a bra hanging on the back of one of the doors.
For the price we expected more privacy and more of an airBNB experience all of which we did not get. Just a lovely, well-done up apartment all be it in a showcase type of way.