This apartment was just ok. We would not choose to stay there again.
Pros:
*The location is fantastic. It is right on the Amstel River with really great views.
*Convenient to mass transit.
*Convenient to the grocery store.
Cons:
*Apartment shows its age.
*The washing machine was broken. This was a major inconvenience.
*Most things could use an upgrade - towels, pillows, etc.
*We each had 2 towels for the whole 10 days. Since the washer was broken we could not wash them.
*No extra supplies left. No garbage bags for example. We were there for 10 days and needed to buy our own.
*Poor or no instructions.
We did have a very serious privacy violation...
On the first day we were there we returned home at 8:00 PM. My daughter headed to her room and encountered a stranger in the hallway. Obviously, this scared the hell out of all of us. It turns out it was a guy that worked for the management company who had come back to try and fix the washing machine. This was the second time that day they had been in the apartment trying to get this fixed.
In fairness, they had sent us a note via AIRBNB letting us know they wanted to come in. Unfortunately, we had not seen their note and had no clue we were going to run into a complete stranger in our apartment.
I don't think the management company did anything malicious. Just poor management and a really careless approach. Really bad result.
Bottom line, a really great location, slightly run-down apartment. For the price, you can probably do better.