I’ll start with the positives: the location is near Graça and the neighbourhood is nice, minus the buses going down the street. The parking space is great and very helpful in Lisbon. The apartment is very big by Lisbon standards which is nice.
The negatives: we’ve stayed in many Airbnb’s in Lisbon and this was the worst one. the wifi is really bad. not good enough for work video calls etc and it also doesn’t stretch to the master bedroom. the decor is quite dated and needs a revamp, the kitchen is really dark and has one broken cupboard door and the only daylight comes from a dirty walled space outside the window where the air conditioning units are. speaking of the air conditioning units, you can’t sleep with the air conditioning on as the units outside the window are so loud. the second bedroom has some mildew in, which someone came to clean. However we were told that they couldn’t clean the main culprit of the smell, which was due to a leak from the upstairs apartment. The master bedroom and bathroom are nice enough. There are lots of marks on the walls all over the apartment and the whole apartment could do with a good refurb soon to freshen it up as it just feels dated, worn and slightly dirty. The host’s communication wasn’t great - we were told that someone needed to come in for maintenance very shortly and we needed to leave the apartment. This was during working hours on a weekday; we are in a pandemic and forced to work from ‘home’. We were offered an early check in which was great but the flat was dirty upon arrival and a cleaner had to come and clean after we had just moved in, which again, during a pandemic, isn’t ideal. I also found a used towel in one of the closets upon arrival which wasn’t very nice.
Overall, we wouldn’t stay here again but thank you for hosting us.