We were disappointed with the Compact One Bed Apartment. It was the last of 3 AirBnb stays on Malta and Gozo and offered 50% less space for 50% more money, being far smaller than I had imagined from the photos and description on the site when booking.
The pictures show mellow stone walls whereas our apartment (No 1) had dry lined white emulsion walls; the pictures also show outside space. No 1 is on the ground floor so has no balcony, only a common courtyard area which is overlooked by other apartments, surveilled by CCTV and in the event was occupied by Nigel and the cleaner much of the time. If we left the curtains open we were visible to anyone outside as all windows open onto the courtyard, if we drew the curtains it was dark and dingy. We left the door open and the cleaner wandered in unannounced.
The information folder read more like a tariff of sentencing for misdemeanours: how many euros fine would be levied in the event of losing various items, rather than anything very useful such as how to turn the pump and filter on in the rooftop wallowing hole pool to reduce the murk and filth.
The apartment was superficially clean but clearly nobody had cleaned inside the shower enclosure with the door shut, there was a layer of brown slime where the tray was covered by the open doors, the main light in the bathroom needed a bulb, there was no cockscrew for wine!! Little things which Nigel did attend to when brought to his notice, but which suggest inspection between guests is not thorough.
Communication was limited to "phone when you arrive and we will come down and let you in", though the woman who did arrive was pleasant and helpful.
The location was good, central and within an easy walk of most things we wanted to see.
We booked this apartment because most others we looked at were already booked, despite being months in advance of our trip. Maybe the above accounts for why it was still available, but it was disappointing, a place we spent as much time as possible out of, instead of, like our two apartments in Xlendi and Mdina being a positive contributor to a pleasant holiday.