The studio is modern and stylish, everything appears like in the pictures but unfortunately, it's lacking proper maintenance and deep cleaning.
First of all, we had to be extremely careful with the front door as the knob is so close to the edge it can trap the fingers. Out of curiosity, we opened the door to the very small cabinet on the corridor, where the cylinder boilers are stored and found inside an ironing board next to a very dirty floor mop. Then we went out to check the back garden, very pretty, with different terraces surrounded with fruit trees but sadly we found a very dirty pool with a metal chair inside, giving the place an unwelcoming look.
The keyhole of the studio door was quite loose, took a bit of trial and error to open it.
We were so disappointed when we got in, we had to ask for someone to come and clean the floor the next day, including a very dirty bath mat.
There was little privacy as the studio is on the 1st floor facing a narrow street and there are only block-out blinds, no curtains or net curtains.
There was only air conditioning, no heating. Of course, we set it to heating mode but although it's a renovated building one can feel its bones are quite old, so energy efficiency is not the best and turning on the air conditioning all night long is neither healthy nor environmentally friendly. Plus, if the air conditioning has to be used so intensively then we hope the filters are very frequently cleaned, not because of covid or any virus, but because of bacteria and fungi.
We had a bit of an issue with taps too, they need adjusting, getting the right temperature was quite tricky and they also need new filters to control the flow.
By the way, when we made the reservation we found it odd that the listing included a "dryer" but not a washer... Well, it's a hairdryer.
Minimalist design means reducing the number of unnecessary things so that we can raise the standards on the essential ones. Our rating for (not so) Cozy Lisbon, for now, is 3.5 stars.