Our stay: 2.5 stars.
However, with many of the below fixes/ adjustments, this would be a 4-star stay. (Thus the review reflects this!)
Before anything else, we wanted to point out that this apartment has a pretty serious fire hazard, those sensitive to such things should be aware of it.
The apartment building has two doors you must pass through, with about six feet between them. The innermost door can be opened from the inside without a key, the outermost door, when locked, bolt locks all residents inside the building. In order to exit the building you must have the key on you. It’s not always locked - but during our stay we found ourselves locked inside the building, at night, many times. If you go through the inner door and it closes behind you, you will be locked inside this six foot entrance space until someone lets you out. We always had a key, there was never an emergency, but if there is ever a fire at night here, it could be a very bad scene.
The door to the apartment is similarly setup, but in a more forgiving way. You can either bolt yourself inside the apartment or use an easy to turn knob lock. Unfortunately this inside lock has no key, and if you forgot and lock the door on the way out with the inside lock, you will lock yourself out of the apartment.
The good:
The apartment is obviously gorgeous. There is a wonderful tree outside that the sun shines through into the apartment that gives you charming dappled light all day.
Our host, Alex, was extremely attentive and super helpful. For issues that we raised, he worked quickly and earnestly to resolve.
The couches are deep and comfortable, unlike many Airbnb couches. This makes a big difference during longer stays.
The not so good:
The location itself is not so charming. You’ll be on a street where, if you choose to walk anywhere, you will have to cross either a six lane road on one side, or a four lane one on the other.
The apartment, as it is now, is not really set up for comfortable longer stays. The kitchen in particular is furnished very sparsely. One pan, one pot, a spatula that folds with any weight on it, no coffee cups, etc. This could be pretty easy to fix, so it may not be like this in the future.
The bathtub looks great, but you won’t have enough hot water to fill it.
Problems with the fridge and freezer - particularly the freezer doesn’t get cold enough to freeze anything.
The terraces look great, but with no outdoor furniture you likely won’t be using them.
The large open-able wall in the main room doesn’t actually seal, so you’ll have a few mosquitos with you in the bedroom at night.