Ally's place is attractive and very clean. The patio is a very nice feature but unfortunately, the weather did not really permit us to use it. The living area was comfortable and we appreciated the 2 throws that were provided: definitely made things cozier in the evenings. The bathroom is bright and the shower was excellent.
We did not have good directions on how to get to the apartment and both of us had a small rolling bag. We were told it was about a 10 min walk but taking those bags on cobbled streets, and then some stairs (route provided by Google Maps), was not easy. Maria met us at the apartment and gave good advice on a much better route to the train station as well as a couple of neighbourhood restaurants. We were able to walk everywhere and throughly enjoyed our stay. Getting back to the station was dead easy.
A couple of small points: not unusual in Portugal, there was only enough power to use 2 heaters at a time. It was really cold so we had to juggle heating the living area and bedrooms a bit. We had limited toilet paper, which turned out to be sufficient for 2 of us but would not have been enough for more people for the same time period. Finally, there is a Nespresso machine but we only had 2 coffee capsules for 2 people on a 3 night stay. So after the first morning, we were out of coffee. It was only on our last day that we found a place to buy more. There was a kettle so could have hot water or tea. Not a huge deal but it would have been nice on the cold mornings to have a coffee at home.
Final point: we only had to get in touch with Ally once and she responded immediately and then followed up again to make sure all was well.
We enjoyed our stay and had a great time in Porto.