Lidy was a great host and Amsterdam was wonderful! The neighborhood is tucked away behind a church and very quiet but still only a 2 minute walk to the tram. You can be in the city center in less than 20 minutes. It was stocked with a nespresso machine and plenty of pods. The bathroom was beautiful and the balconies were a great addition. The apartment was clean and had a very cozy, but modern European feel. Lidy was very accommodating and allowed us to drop off our bags and check in early! She was very helpful with getting to know the city!
There are two more thing you need to know about this apartment:
1) There is a big church just across the street and the bell can be loud early in the morning when you’re trying to sleep still. I didn’t take any stars off for this because it can’t really be changed.
2) While the listing says that we would have the entire place to ourselves, it is in actuality just an entire floor to ourselves. The second floor of the apartment has an office and a decent kitchen space, but the hosts do use this office regularly and it is easy to hear people walking up and downstairs. So it didn’t really feel like there was much separation from the host’s home and our apartment. We think just putting in a door at the stairs would fix this!