While our stay started off well. It was unfortunately the worst Airbnb experience either of us have ever had. Firstly, the house (although very beautiful) is very old and simply hasn’t been maintained. Both of us had very severe allergic reactions as a result of dust and (we think) mould (indicated by the water marks in ceilings and a bucket that was permanently placed underneath a spot presumably where it had been dripping during the times it rained). The upstairs carpet was so dusty that we were both sneezing profusely and waking up with puffy eyes every morning, alongside the use of blankets. The carpets don’t seem to have ever been vacuumed and the lampshades are thick with dust. The kitchen was on—the—surface clean; but was actually very dirty, with dead flies everywhere and a drainage board that had never ever been cleaned, and a dishwasher which we didn’t think worked, filled with brown water. Some of the windows don’t lock or close, and there is just generally a sewage smell in the upstair bathroom. The house is very cold, while we assumed that there would be heating (which we misread) we were not prepared for how cold it really was. Some days having to work from bed or leaving to go to a cafe during the day. The bedrooms and living area although again (very beautiful) were subject to the endless and torturous noise from both the neighbors external building projects and the apartment opposite: being woken up every morning (for the entire month of our stay, the only exception being on a Sunday) at 8am with banging, drilling, yelling from the workmen next door. The outdoor space was unusable, as the furniture is simply old, rusty and with holes in the tables, alongside the owners sister doing work (all day) on the apartment adjacent: which became intrusive (men working late into the evening) and one point inappropriate expectations from the owners sister about timelines of unbearable noise, working hours and endless text messages from her. While Lisa was very attentive and kind, especially when trying to resolve issues we had with her sister, this was a very expensive Airbnb for a place with very little or just no maintenance at all, or consideration for what would be guests. It felt rundown, and sometimes just unsafe. For example blind from the upstairs bedroom that on-looks the living room for example was left unattached, and if opened would have fallen into the living room (from a great height). It was obvious during our stay we were treated as people paying that didn’t have a choice to leave once committed, due to Airbnb’s non-refund policy. In the end we were counting down the days to leaving. It was just too noisy and intrusive with all the building work around. The cleanliness of the house, would have been tolerable if it wasn’t for all the noise and discomfort. It would have been cheaper to stay in a hotel, and much more livable: without endless noise, dust, inappropriate conversations and basic cleanliness.