We stayed three nights at Vera's place in Lisbon. Vera was a wonderful communicator, and made the arrival/check-in process a real piece of cake. She also was great at answering questions we had during the stay. But there were a couple things that had a negative impact on our stay that I wish we had known before booking, so I'm listing them here so that future guests might know in advance:
1. The neighborhood is a hotspot for nightlife, it's true—but what we didn't realize is that the bar at the corner of the street would blast top 40 hits (on repeat, no less) through a 2x15" speaker outside on the street until 3:30am. This happened both Friday and Saturday nights (though not on Thursday). The music was so loud it was as if we ourselves were blasting it from inside the apartment. Needless to say, we could not sleep until ~4am those nights, leading us to be sleep deprived and also lose out on a few morning hours of exploring that we had hoped to take advantage of. I even had earplugs...
2. The bed is extremely uncomfortable. I could literally feel the circumference of the springs jabbing me in the ribs. It was also so springy that every movement by another person sent the bed into a rocking frenzy—so much so that my wife and I switched off sleeping on the couch (which was small, but actually very comfortable).
All in all, we would choose a quieter area the next time we'd go to Lisbon.