Me and my partner paid for a whole week at this apartment .We were received by Rui's father, which came to greet us at the door on time. The first thing to notice about this flat is the enormous space it offers. The living room has nice comfortable chairs and the tv is great. It has a nice balcony and a small corner room with sliding doors attached to the living room which is a nice touch. The wardrobes had a weird smell like they havent been touched for quite a long time, especially with old winter blankets a used look. There was modern furniture mixed with second hand old fashioned ugly tables which lost a bit of sense, the space gives the flat a lot of potential, they could have a dining table in the living room which would fill out the huge empty space near the wardrobe. The kitchen/bathroom tap handles were one of the worst things about the place, they were really hard to open/close, we would hurt our hands, sometimes one of them would fall off, and the hot water slightly unstable. The bed was squeaky and not very comfortable, the bed sheets were double size while the bed was king sized, the sheet hardly touched my chin during the night, please get bigger sheets, and better blanket as the one provided felt like a rug.
Provided that we were going to stay for a whole week would have been nice to have more than one body towel for each of us, and the clothes drying rack is broken so we had to improvise. The washing machine worked well and very easy to use.
The chest of drawers in the bedroom was great and has a nice little table next to the bed which is a great touch to have breakfast. The router fell off from the ceiling when we opened the curtains, the wifi and signal were poor most of the time, and would be nice to have more than 6 TV channels. There is lots of space to make the apartment amazing, but needs more attention. I would recommend getting rid of second hand old looking furniture especially next to nice modern tables and couch, replacing the sponge for dishes for every guest (there was only an old one), and do nice little touch ups for the guests like olive oil/vinagre/ detergent especially for long stays. Summarizing: taking more advantage of the enormous space by perhaps adding a dining table in the living room, even identical to the small one (plain black and modern) would be nice, offering extra towels, having more thought put into the place when someone rents it for a long stay, adding more channels to the TV/better wifi and ESPECIALLY replacing the taps with the shower one falling off every single time.