DO NOT BOOK!
Scroll past this property, I’m doing you a favor.
My friend and I are not ones to complain about anything. We tend to be quiet and mind our own business. but this place has been a nightmare!
The only saving grace this property had was the amazing view! After that, everything went downhill from there.
1.	This was on their posting but I didn’t read it carefully enough. You will have to pay 10 euros if you choose to have the key at the property ready for you to use. The alternative would be to stop by 15 minutes away by car to pick it up yourself.
2.	There is a spare key under the front door mat, accessible to anybody in the building. They did not disclose this at all. I saw it on a previous review and looked under the mat and wouldn’t you know it. There it was.
3.	Get ready for a work out. No lift, 6 flights of stairs in a pitch black lobby. (to be fair, they never claimed to have a lift). Do not even think about walking to this property from a station with your luggage. It is so steep and slippery when raining. Take an Uber!
4.	Once we opened the door, the musty stench of old furniture and mold hit us. Flies also in the living room. I messaged the host asap, they apologized and a few hours later arrived with one air freshener.
5.	The beds, sheets and bath towels have stains. Check them first, we have pictures. The single chairs in every room , all tattered and stained.
6.	The posted pictures of the property are heavily edited to feel light and airy. IT IS NOT. It is very dark, wall sockets out of the wall, light fixtures hanging by the wires, light bulbs not working.
7.	Bathroom was extremely moldy and dirty! Shower gel bottle left empty and moldy, tiles smeared with something brown, I dread to think what it actually was. The shower basin would not drain so you are standing there in your own filth. At this point, why didn’t we just leave you ask? I ask myself the same question since then. We did report everything to Air bnb support and we were asked to settle with the host and give them a chance to fix it. They sent a plumber and a cleaner about the 3rd day in. they could not get a specialist for the mold though and apologized. Later that night, while one of us was showering (the plumber didn’t really fix the drain but oh well) a neighbor was frantically banging at the door, apparently the shower was now flooding into the downstairs apartment. We stop the water and let the host know. We were told to let the neighbors fend on their own basically and that we would be moved to a different property of theirs. Mind you, this was 11pm at night and we had an early train to catch and no water can be used at the apartment. We hop in an uber to get to the 1 Bedroom property, that is the only place they could send us to that they managed.
8.	Long story short, no refunds were offered or given aside from the uber ride taken. Oh, and the 1 bedroom property they sent us to? Well it flooded to the downstairs apartment too and a plumber was in and out at 9-10pm. The door to street would not lock and swings wide open. I have pictures and videos of everything and am currently waiting for a full review by Air bnb support.
9.	I was constantly emailing back and forth with the host, they average more than 2 hours to reply, this is not something you want to deal with while out and about in Portugal trying to enjoy the city and knowing you are coming back to all that filth. You get generic responses about being apologetic, but otherwise, you are on your own.
If you still decide to book, may the odds ever be in your favor!