We lived and worked here for a month, as part of a 6-month stay in Lisbon. We’re London Airbnb hosts ourselves (4.87* rating).
Overall, the apartment might be suitable for a group holiday, but it certainly isn’t right for a long stay.
## Pros
The apartment is big! 3 good-sized double bedrooms, 2 of which have little desks in them. And there’s a big bathroom with 2 sinks.
It’s right next to a really great area, only a few minutes walk to some excellent bars and restaurants.
The place was very clean.
Ricardo was very nice when I met him briefly at check-in.
## Cons
Communication was very poor. We heard nothing from the hosts until check-in day (despite messaging a week earlier), which forced us to change our travel plans.
When we arrived, Ricardo told us that the dishwasher was faulty but an engineer would come the following day to fix it. We messaged several times to ask, but an engineer never came. If you look at previous reviews of this apartment (scroll down to the foreign language reviews), you can see that other recent guests had the exact same experience - it’s clear that the host never intended to fix it.
The apartment is hot (it’s Lisbon summer!) and the fan doesn’t work. We asked the host to fix it… they said they would, but it never happened.
The hair dryer doesn’t work.
The photos are clearly quite old, and don’t represent the apartment accurately - it’s a bit shabbier now. The apartment is also very dark - the living room has no windows, for example.
Unfortunately it’s not a quiet apartment - the footsteps in the apartment above are very loud, and we also had noisy guests in the apartment below until 3am. The garbage lorry (which is very loud!) empties the trash outside at midnight or later every night.
The kitchen is fairly well-equipped, but there’s no big cooking/chef’s knife and only a very small chopping board.
If you read recent reviews (including the foreign language reviews at the bottom), you can see that recent guests have had a similar experience - sadly, the hosts don’t really seem to care at all.