Unfortunately, I have mixed feelings about this apartment and the host. I spent a week here with 3 girlfriends to celebrate my 40th birthday.
First, the good. The location is great - right above pink street, around corner from Time Out Market, and minutes to the waterfront. The place is spacious, with very nice decor. Communication was prompt and easy. We had an issue with the Wi-Fi and shower leaking, which were fixed immediately. There was also a small bottle of wine and some crackers with jam upon our arrival, which was nice.
Now, the bad. There are serious noise problems, which are out of the owner’s control, but should still be considered if you want a relaxing or restful vacation. I live in a major city with normal city noise, but the noise from pink street is VERY loud (cars, music, drunk people screaming) and goes until 5am. As soon as it’s quiet enough to sleep, construction noise will start. Then the family that lives on top of this unit will start their day, which sounds like it involves lots of children running around. So if you want to get any sleep during your vacation, consider elsewhere. For reference, I had all windows closed and even used my AirPods Pro.
Other issues were lack of insulation causing the floors/apt to be very cold (we went during first week of December), too few and small trash cans in unit, walk up to second floor (for those with mobility issues), not enough mirrors (maybe there’s never enough for 4 women!), and the typical European shower stalls that are open causing water to get all over the floor. However, these are all minor compared to the noise and the next issue…
The main reason I would not return here is because the host demanded $22 for a white bath towel that was “irreparably damaged” from makeup stains. I’ve stayed at hundreds of places and have never had this issue. The very reason hotels and airbnbs use white towels is because you can literally bleach any stain from them. I am completely shocked that this was an issue, and the price demanded for a new towel was super excessive. I ended up offering to pay $10, and only as a gesture of goodwill. To clarify, this was normal makeup stains that you would see after washing your face, not anything crazy.
If you stay here, the host offers an airport transfer for 30 euros for up to 4 people. We did this on arrival but decided to Uber to airport when leaving as it was only 7 euros. Also, there is a convenient luggage storage place across the street.