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3️⃣ / 5️⃣
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Apartment is oriented in quite great place - 2-3min. away from Aliados square, 10min walk to Bolhao and the River.
For everyone who's considering in booking this place, please note that:
– There is a Washing machine that is not on the apartment's listing of appliances;
– Bring in your own shower gel, shampoo, toothpaste since, differently that they claim, there is none provided.
– Not sure if this is company or Porto culture in general, but apartment was not clean. Floor everywhere was filthy.
– Balcony compared to the standard of Porto is huge, you can tan in there, have a great sitting. Had a lot of pleasure working with my laptop out there.
– Apartment is located on the very top floor, at the back of the hall, not just on the left once you get up. Directions were a bit confusing and had a struggle to find place trying to unlock neighbours' doors.. (yikes).
– There was a construction site in the street just below the apartment. Besides the noise, had an issue with Electricity going off in the evening – had to flick the fuse switches myself, since did not got a response in an hour. After that they still told me to do it myself, which is not a most pleasant thing in a foreign country to risk). Also, same problem with the Hot water – had it disappear. But it came back after 4-5 hours.
* The cleaning Fee is ridiculous.*
Apartment wasn't clean, had to clean myself.
After the stay they provided me with the "instructions of checking–out" which consisted of taking out the trash, cleaning the kitchen, etc. What? Isn't that why I Pay you with my Cleaning Fee?
* Also, Slam Doors. *
Had an incident when got locked out of the apartment with the keys inside. It's very frustrating to wait for an hour for a response on AirBnb, not knowing if there is a solution late in the evening.
They do give you second set of keys, for 20€ fee. Wasn't sure if they normally give money back once you bring second set, but I did. Maybe company should consider adding PIN lock by the door so there is no Time and Money waste and lift any extra stress from their customers since they already have it being in a foreign country or city.
*Finally, thanks for a complimentary bottle of wine.
It was a nice touch! Though, will leave you with a question – what's more essential: Shower Gel 🧼 or Wine🍷?