We've been at this place with 5 friends for four nights.
Well, actually the plan was to be 6 for two days but unfortunately, due to the non-realistic description of the house, we ended being only 4, one of us had to leave and another one couldn't even come.
I'll explain:
1. Pictures in Airbnb are not real. There are 55 pictures out of which only the last 32 are from the appartment. When we let the property know, they said that they had several apartments and that Airbnb put them all together, which we know for a fact it is not true. So basically this owner is scamming people with fake pictures.
2. In the description it says the place is for 6 people. As said, we were 5 at the beginning, 2 couples and one friend. The boyfriend of the friend was supposed to come but given that it was difficult to even stay the 5 of us, he decided not to come and our friend had to leave two nights before. Why was not possible to be 6 people?
2.1: Because the single room doesn't have a real door or real walls, which means any noise gets there.
2.2: The sofa-bed, if you open it, it blocks the living room so you literally need to jump people sleeping in order to get to the bathroom.
3. When we arrived, the owner said we couldn't get into the appartment until 17:00 (the check in time) because they had previous tennants and they had to clean before we could come in. As soon as we arrived the floow was dirty, the kitchen was dirty and there was even a cockroach in one of the rooms (attached a picture). I personally doubt they cleaned at all. Maybe tidy things a bit.
4. Description says there's internet in the house. Well, we worked there, the 4 of us (as you see, I talk about 4, never about 5 and even less about 6 of us...) and the only place where internet network works ok-ish is in the kitchen. The rest of the house has 0 connectivity. We had to buy SIM cards and share, an extra cost that was not expected.
We rented the house for the location (the only thing that is good here), the pictures and the space that it seemed to have, which would make it confortable for all of us. We ended up with one friend not coming, another one leaving and us having one of the worst experiences I've had with Airbnb.
We of course reached out to the owner. As an example: when we sent the cockroach picture, the only thing they said is that they disinfect the house every week and that they did that morning but there could have been a dead cockroach. However they also told us we had to get there not earlier than 17 cause they were cleaning the whole appartment...Both versions doesn't match...
I usually don't spend too much time on reviews, being honest with you, but in this case I think it is worth making sure you guys know where you are going in case you rent this house. I really recommend you guys go somewhere else and enjoy the beautiful city of Porto.