Renata was such a lovely person, she came to collect us from the airport which was so so kind of her as we were travelling with our 4.5 yr old late and also I had asked her where I could buy rice milk in the area as I don't eat dairy products, Renata so kindly bought it for me and left it in the flat which was great as in the UK this is normal but in Countries such as Portugal or Spain its not so I am ever so gratefull for this.
It was pretty cold weather and so we were glad of heating in the apartment as it was very cold without it especially in the main bedroom at night, we could have done with some thick blankets for the time of year, luckily we had bought our hot water bottles with us to snuggle up to.
There was a very strong smell of damp/mold paint in the bathroom as it had just been painted due to damp problem, this was quite pungent but tolerable, the damp/mold problem is still apparent in the main bedroom cupboards but we didn't need to use the wardrobes for the 3 nights we spend there. All in all the apartment is great value for money and literally 2 seconds from the metro stop entrecampos, easy to manoeuvre the metro in Lisbon as so small, Lisbon is very run down and its sad to see the gorgeous old buildings just left to crumble and not repaired, very much like Havana in that sense, and there wasn't much for young children to do in winter, the best point was the trams ( and Renata the host) and the worst is the people are not very friendly, they are very sad/unfriendly by nature( except for Renata who is a real lovely person), I visited some 20 years ago and it hadn't changed at all really or the people! still, its worth a visit and I would suggest in the spring/summer months......The new area they built in 1998 is really an eye sore of skyscrapers and metal and cement mazes.. cement mad area, not pretty at all!
There is a real mix here and Im sure that in summer its gorgeous!