I don't think "Francois" the opera singer with a wife and two kids genuinely lives in this apartment. The shared bathroom was not really that clean, the faucet in the toilet was broken, to air out the humid smoke-smelled room we had to open the window, which proved challenging as it was broken/jammed. It was a very cramped room, there was no space for our things in the closet as it was 60% full of blankets/duvets. Someone let themselves into the room at one point, I'm assuming one of the staff, while we were in town and left behind some random things like cups, soap, and coffee that wasn't even possible to use in the coffee machine. However the fridge was handy and appreciated. I have my qualms that this place was renovated at all, maybe by "renovation" they mean bought new Ikea furniture. Check in was inconvenient, we had to pick up a key in a location by Amsterdam Centraal before 20h the day of check in and drop it off before 11h the day of check out, and the description of how to get to the apartment was uninformative and misleading. This room is suitable for having a place to sleep but not to spend any time in. One plus: it was close to a metro station that was within the Amsterdam city zone, so you will be eligible for the GVB several day transportation pass.