Must say the location and the house is fabulous and Alex is a nice, easygoing, fun guy.
I was not planning to write a bad review because why upset ourselves bc of technical stuff, right? We're there to have fun.
But there was one thing that really made me write this review (at the end)
-First night while we were cooking electricity went off and he had to come home to fix it.
-Also first two days we didnt have internet bc of service provider error and then third day at 9am they had to come in and fix it for about an hour.
-And some lower supporting parts of the mattress was falling down at the middle of the night and we had to wake up and fix it.
-Finally we were excited for the bathtub but the hot water wasn't even enough for two showers in a row, unfortunately.
But I wasn't upset about these bc I don't travel for the facilities at home, I don't really care much but the reason that made me write the review is the fact that:
When I mentioned the electricity issue to Alex, on our fourth day he called me when I was outside and told me that electricity guys needed to come in to increase the power and I kindly turned him down saying I do not trust anyone to come in while all our stuff (passports, money, accessories or even private stuff) laying around and asked if they could come in the day after, when we check out, but he didnt care and even though I did not accept, he said they dont have availability and let them in. This was really unprofessional of him to put himself under the responsibility of letting someone in even though I clearly refused and in a personal level, really rude of him for ignoring our privacy. I don't have to leave home ready for some random person or even Alex to come in, there were private things laying around and we hated the fact that people we dont know saw those things and we didn't have anything to do about it at that moment. Also electricity was just as weak as before when you cook and use the heater it went off continuously after the electricians as well.
I've had several AirBnb experiences in different countries of Europe but never had anyone coming in to the apt after we were handed the keys the first day. Especially not without our approval and especially not people we dont know.
Overall, I absolutely don't think Alex is a bad host, this was just him trying to fix stuff for our convenience, he is a nice person but that was an unprofessional and rude manner to show towards us because we've been so understanding and cooperative despite all the problems we had at the apt.