No problems with the check-in, everything was as described.
Having access to the gated garage was the reason why we chose this one over another nearby apartment. Seeing all the personal belongings (bicycles, Xmas trees, birdcages, tools) of the other (permanent?) residents laying around, gave us the feeling it to be a secure space.
The layout of the apartment is generous, good sized rooms and kitchen. The common areas in the building are well maintained. (Except the lock to the common front door, it takes some doing to get the key just right before you can open it.)
However, the road outside the apartment is made of coblestones and the cars race across them. The shutters and secondary glazing do next to nothing to stop the NOISE from entering the apartment. Also, one of the neighbours has a grandfather's clock and it chimes every (EVERY!) fifteen minutes, day and night. All together, I did not have one unbroken night of sleep (we were here for six nights, we left one day early for an unrelated reason). Also, be careful in the elevator. When the door closes, it doesn't wait more than 0.1 second before taking off. There were no heaters in the apartment (mid September).
The apartment sits just outside the tourist area. Walking ten minutes down hill and you will be on Saint Catarina street. We cooked every night for ourselves (despite being hampered by a chronic lack of kitchen tools and crockery) and were pleased to have a butcher a hundred yards down the road, and several supermarkets ten minutes up the road.
This apartment does not make you feel at home, despite the company's slogan.
In the bathroom old and rusty items are offered for use, and a broken cabinet door. The sink was not properly attached to the wall and it's a wonder it didn't land on the floor. We hired the place for a week but only received two towels and a handtowel. There is no washing machine.
The furniture is cheap, sparse and don't match. The chairs around the (dining) table are too low to comfortably eat your meal at. In the living room there is one low wattage bulb over that table and another one in a free standing lamp. It is difficult to read a book by either of them. (The light in the kitchen is good.) Apart from a single random poster, the walls are bare.
The balcony offers a bistro set but even fifty-a-day smokers will think twice about sitting there because of the traffice noise.
Overal cleanliness was OK but not sparkling. Some apartments feel operating-theatre clean. This one does not.