We met Karin at the house boat and she was very patient and kind, explaining to us all the different trams and busses that we could take to get around Amsterdam and the airport. She also left us some breakfast food which was extremely generous. We had been travelling since September 2nd and we were very anxious to get some laundry done. The listing said that there was a washer and dryer on site. The guest book also said that there was a washer in the unit by the front door. We could not find anything , so we did a huge load of hand washing and hung it on a rack that we found in a cupboard. Texted Karin and she told us that there was no washer but to ask her husband if we could use theirs. Too late, we had done the laundry by hand.
We also quickly realized that the photo that she has of a house boat in her profile is not hers. We had no decks or balconies overlooking the canal. We were extremely disappointed with the laundry situation and the fact that we were in a different house boat than we thought we were going to be in.
We did not spend a lot of time in the unit but we often smelt an unpleasant sewage smell, coming from the bathroom.
We felt that the apartment was not worth the money that we paid for it.