Okay, so I may have just had a below average experience at Carlos’s place, because most of the reviews are high.
I flew into Lisbon airport late at night and arrived at Carlos’s apartment at 11:30pm. He mentioned he was dealing with an emergency at another one of his apartments and that a pipe burst and the apartment flooded. So I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. I ended up waiting 30min, until midnight for the keys.
The apartment has extremely thin walls. You’ll hear every time the main door opens, you better hope the neighbors above you are quiet (they were loud Americans during my visit.
So Part of this rental was a €37 cleaning fee…which is totally understandable if he hires someone professional for €37 to clean the apartment. Unfortunately the apartment was obviously not cleaned by a professional. There was dust on many surfaces, the floors def were not swept, the bathroom had hair from leftover guest, etc…you get the point.
Something to note is that there is not central hear in the apartment. I visited in late November, and is gets a bit chilly at night. There were two space heaters, which certainly did the trick for my bedroom. But it’s a bit of a hassle to move to the living room when you want to use it there.
The location is great and in a really cute neighborhood. All in all I’ll chalk this stay up to me being unlucky, but I can see the potential of this place for a great stay.