My wife and I spent 4 months in this apartment, we properly can say many things about it, as this place was our home in these months in Porto.
This is a well-located apartment, not in the touristic jam, but for us, in the best area of the city. It’s connected with public transports; many buses stop around and 9 min walking to Casa da Música metro station. Around the building, there are many restaurants, good ones, and the Bom Sucesso market with many food options too.
The apartment was renewed recently, and all furniture is new and minimalist, making the apartment clean, light and comfortable. To stay one night or months it’s a good option, the kitchen is well equipped for cooking, so you have all kitchen utensils needed to do any meal at home (Or just go to Bom Sucesso market).
The bed is good, with a good mattress, not soft and not too hard, and not a spring mattress (we personally don’t like spring mattress).
The apartment is oriented to the south-west, in the winter season (our stay), during the afternoon you have sunlight and we had some of the greatest sunsets from the balcony view.
For those who work from home, or need a good internet connection, you won’t need to worry about it. When descriptions say the apartment is laptop friendly, in this case, it’s real, you will find a desktop to do your work, speaking about technology, the apartment has electronic keys /smart locks where you can use your smartphone to open the street and the apartment door.
In the begin, we had some issues when using some the electric furniture, like oven, cooktop… after some minutes cooking had a blackout, but it was solved after notice the landlord, I believe as we were using the apartment as home, we were really using the furniture. The intercom also didn’t work in the begin, but after a couple of weeks it was solved, this is not a complain, it’s to show you the problems are solved by the landlord.
About Ivo, since the begin, around 6 months before came to Porto, we always had good communication, he is always available and answers quickly, so if you have any doubt, question or issue you can find him easily through WhatsApp or messages in Airbnb.
It was a pleasure to stay in this apartment and to make it as part of our nomad life, with only good memories living there, already missing the place and being grateful for Ivo have accepted us in this long term renting (long term for a touristic place).