Starting with the favorable: Gijs’s apartment is accurately described and depicted -- decent size, comfortable bed, and extremely well located. For coffee lovers, there is a fab coffee machine and Gijs graciously invited us to tap into his supply of coffee beans. Gijs himself was welcoming, helped us with our luggage up the flight of stairs, and was responsive in a question we had following our check-in.
Aside this, we were frankly disappointed and surprised by the bare-bones quality of what we consider to be basic amenities. There was no closet or drawers provided for our clothes and everything remained in our suitcases or draped over chairs. (Gijs has a large armoire in his room but we discovered it was locked when we proceeded to put away our clothes).
The bath towels were small--the kind you might drape around your waist at a spa—and were rough to the touch given that they were clearly air-dried. (The apartment is fitted only with a washing machine, but we would suggest for guests, having the bath towels dried at the laundromat down the street).
One of the reasons we booked this apartment was the washing machine that is listed, yet there was barely enough detergent for one load of laundry.
There was no soap provided in the bathroom so we had to use the liquid hand soap from the kitchen until we purchased our own soap.
The bed was outfitted with a duvet cover, but there was not one extra blanket or throw, which we craved on several occasions during our stay, and instead used our jackets as additional covers while in bed and lounging on the couch.
Clearly, none of these things on their own are egregious omissions, but collectively reflect a host who has chosen not to spend one extra dime to outfit his apartment with his Airbnb guests in mind.