We were really looking forward to staying at this apartment as it looked fabulous in the pictures and it is in a great location. However, in reality, the balconies looked out onto a huge noisy building site and we were not advised about this at all before our stay. It was very noisy! The building itself was also incredibly noisy on a Friday and Saturday night with lots of very loud music until the very early hours.
This situation was not helped by the heating system in the apartment itself, we could not turn the heating off and it was constantly set to 25-27 degrees. There were no fans and there is no air conditioning! We opened the patio doors but then had to suffer the very loud noise of either the building site or the constant barking f the many dogs in the area. We asked the host for help with the temperature and for a fan but he did not do anything to help, although he did respond to our WhatsApps.
The host was not flexible at all with early or late check-ins, you have to pay extra for these. He did not leave anything by way of a starter pack, no tea, coffee, water or washing up liquid - this is the first time that I have stayed in an Airbnb where this has not happened. They did however leave us a bottle of red wine. We were only given 2 white towels each for a 6 day stay! The apartment does not have a dishwasher or a washing machine, something you would expect for such a contemporary place, although you can pay to do your laundry within the building downstairs. Unfortunately there is nowhere to hang these clothes to dry!
The apartment felt like it was being run too much like a business to us, with many of the basics missing. There are no ceiling lights (apart from the second small bedroom), some of the bedside lights do not work and there are no bedside lights in the second bedroom. It is therefore quite dark. The curtain for one of the showers is too small and so you cannot use this shower without flooding the bathroom. It really needs an adjustable shower head.