We were more than disappointed with our stay in this apartment, thankfully we were out for most of our stay and only really slept in the apartment. I will start with the good points.
The locations brilliant! it is very close to leidesplein square and all the tram connections, there is also a supermarket across the road which was fantastic. We did not meet Marfi, however her daughter greeted us and was very polite and welcoming, she gave us directions to all local amenities which was great! check-in was no problem. The apartment is very spacious.
Bad points
The apartment isn't what it looks like in pictures, the apartment is extremely aged and old! the furniture is almost falling apart and was very dusty, as we walked through the doors we were met with mattresses and a lot of clutter on the ground floor which doesn't feel very nice when its the first thing you see.
The room is very spacious but it isn't cosy, it wasn't very clean, the rugs are dirty and there were a couple of green stains on my bed sheet. The fridge shelves in the kitchen was dirty, aswell as the oven mittens, cloths and the washing up sponges were ripped, dirty and needed throwing out. The coffee machine hadn't been emptied or cleaned.
The floor is extremely squeaky, going to the toilet during the night will surely wake everybody up. The toilet is not discreet, unless you are with very close family or friends there isn't much privacy when using the toilet as the door separating the bathroom from the bedroom/living room is thin and mostly glass with large cracks around it.
The bed I slept in was worn out and I could feel the bed springs which left me with a sore back, there were cushions on the bed and not pillows which is strange. A bad sleep doesn't set you up to have an enjoyable holiday.
There were small dead bugs around, We are not sure whether the apartment is full of mosquitoes or bed bugs but we left with bites all over us, I avoided going back early on the final day because of the bugs, if it is mosquito bites its very strange as I have stayed in Amsterdam twice before and have never had mosquito bites.
We were only given 1 key as we were told the spare couldn't be given out as it was the only one they had, this inconvenienced us as we were in a group of three, but went out at different times to different places meaning some of us were locked out of the apartment and had to get up out of bed during the night to let others in. Thankfully Marfis daughter agreed to give us a spare key on the last day.
I wouldn't recommend more than 2 nights here , better suited for people who will be out most of the time. Extremely disappointed.