Nothing for remote workers / Digital Nomades - No Wifi only common area.
This apartment is way to overpriced for what you receive.
PRO
1. nice view
CON
1. only wifi available in the living room
- barely signal in the apartment when switching to mobile data. We couldn’t work in our rooms.
2. discrimination from Andrea (host)- towards his guest „if I put an additional router here you are going to steal it“ —> my friend has a different skin color and it was not appropriate at all.
3. very basic interior which is already very used
4. missing kitchen equipment like cutting knifes
5. if you need parking, please do not book it over Andrea as he just takes this money for his own pocket . He wants 10€ per day. The parking garage under the apartments cost 3€. And there is always a guard. After we asks why, he said it’s better because you can drive in and out multiple times- which a normal person would never do. We also asked the parking guard and 3€ is the daily rate.
6. Very bad smell - “cesspool smell” in the master bathroom - when you open the window in the bathroom there is a very bad small coming in as the widow is between the apartments.
7. Missing equipment in the master bathroom- you have to put all your bath utensils on the ground
8. No basics for the kitchen like dishwashing liquid, kitchen roll, salt and pepper and so on. You have to buy everything.
9. Air conditioning was not working properly neither. Batteries missing in the remote
To summarize it was a bad Airbnb experience. We have tried to talk with the host several times but we had the feeling that he is very stubborn and because we said sth his ego just got hurt and therefore he didn’t helped us. Very bad host.
The important thing again is that this apartment is solely for people who are on Holliday and do not need internet in the rooms. This is also what Andrea said (copy and paste our conversation) :
“Guys I never have this issue with the guests from 5 years and my reviews are the confirmation!!
The point is that you come here in Malta iwork from remote , and you want the Wi-Fi in each room because you need to work , but the police and the rules of the apartment we decided to have on modem with Wi-Fi, because the people here come in holiday…..”
Ps: if you want to stay in this area there is the exact same apartment on TripAdvisor / Airbnb which is rented out by someone else and is 70€ cheaper than Andreas apartment.
Thanks for your attention!
Safe travels to everyone
Evelyn