Brenda the owner was very good at replying back to all my inquiries quickly. The apartment was just as described and in a beautiful quiet street close to shops and trams. It was clean and spacious and all bedding and towels were provided. The space was great with two teenagers as they could spread themselves around. The free internet was used a lot as we had lots of rainy days and the children had use of a computer which they loved. The 2 cats were a delight for my children to feed and stroke. Pepsi the furry one liked nothing better than to cuddle up on the sofa with us to be stroked in the evening. The kitchen had all utensils necessary for self catering plus good size fridge and freezer plus oven and hob. Just be aware that it is a long walk into Amsterdam central itself in case you were thinking of walking but trams are close by. The apartment is on the third floor with steep steps so be aware and careful when bringing bags up. The steps inside the apartment are narrower than British ones so care is needed on these as well as i found out on the first day! The terrace was nice from the main bedroom. Nice size bathroom - there is a bath and shower but the shower is not very powerful at all but plenty of hot water. There is a nice supermarket close by called Albert Heijn which does fabulous fresh orange juice, fresh bread, milk, wine etc where we stocked up on food. On a particularly rainy day we ordered online a free delivery takeaway from a mexican place across the road called Tomatillo - very nice food and not too expensive by Amsterdam standards. We did find the public transport to be good but expensive to use as the rain stopped us using the bicycles we had intended to rent. All of Amsterdam was really busy so we would have worried about using the bikes in the main streets. The restaurants were expensive as well but we enjoyed the Pancake Bakery and Chips and Maoz (a fastfood Felafel place). The ice cream at the hammock shop near the flower market was the best we've tasted in a while.
For children we recommend the Anne Frank Museum (please please please book online for tickets as queues are horrendous), free ferry to Eye Movie Museum, Rhijksmuseum with free download app for a family quest (bit frustrating as wifi in museum kept cutting out), Nemo terrace. For teenage children do Claustrophobia which is an 'escape the room' challenge for an hour - absolutely brilliant, we loved it!! We enjoyed Amsterdam and we enjoyed your apartment Brenda!!