I hate to leave bad reviews, but unfortunately this Airbnb was not up to our standards. It’s very similar to a private room in a cheap hostel. We stayed for 2 nights out of a 18-day stay, and luckily the host was cooperative and refunded us for (most) of the remaining nights.
There is only 1 set of keys and the buzzer doesn’t work so if you’re two people, one has to run down to get the other. The flat is on the 4th floor up very very steep high stairs. The view is nice from up there but there aren’t really windows, except a couple weirdly tiny ones and the “balcony” (which is more like a step on another person’s rooftop).
The bed is very small, pushed up against the wall on one side, and obviously very old because the edges are much higher than the center so you are falling towards the centre all night. This was the worst thing for me as I didn’t sleep at all. The sheets also just feel gross and dirty, and there are only 2 super thin pillows that also feel pretty dirty.
Overall, the flat feels really dirty. I asked the owner if it was cleaned, she said yes but there were crumbs in between cushions, food bits in the kitchen, gross pots and pans, the couch felt really gross, as I said the sheets felt gross, etc. The shower is a hole in the ground with a gross 360 degree curtain that touches you constantly. The bathroom smells really poorly all the time, so we tried to leave the window open, but couldn’t because—
There is no heat in this flat. I even asked the owner if there was heat before booking and she said yes — I wish she was honest and told me it was 1 tiny space heater. We were huddled against it all the time (and we are usually people who rarely turn on the heat!!). In February, the flat was freezing all the time. The windows do not keep any cold out. Seriously they might as well be open all the time. It’s extremely damp all the time so you wake up with a wet pillow, wet socks, etc. Everything feels cold and wet.
The kitchen is impossible to cook in. There’s two tiny burners that don’t work well, no oven, barely any kitchen appliances, a really weirdly powerful sink, and a tiny tiny passageway so you can’t open any drawers or cabinets while in front of them. You have to stand to the side and reach your hand in and hope to find things. The microwave looks like it’s from the 1960s - and not in a good way :( This is fine if you’re here to go out, but we were staying for a month so we wanted to be able to cook.
There are nails sticking up from all over on the floor. You need to be careful of this when walking around as you don’t want a trip to the hospital.
The wifi is very fast when it works, but goes out for 20 min randomly every hour. This was not acceptable for us.
As I said the owner did refund us for most of the remainder of the trip. So we paid 2 nights plus a random €40 which the owner recognised but couldn’t figure out why that extra fee was happening. She told me “Won’t be richer because a couple of euros 😉” — true, though it was just a weird thing to say. She wasn’t outright rude but clearly was not happy that we were complaining and I’m sure I’ll get a bad review from her end as well. She seems like the type of person who could blow up in anger at any minute rather than understanding. Overall bad experience.