Let me start by the "positives:
- The apartments is overall ok. It's a cute open space.
- The location is excellent, right in the center of town
- The view from the balcony is beautiful (although you have to be in the balcony to see the sea)
- The mattress in the master is of good quality
- Check-in and tips / responsiveness by Laura were excellent.
The negatives:
- The furniture feels run down. one of the four chairs in the balcony is completely rusted.
- The AC in the second floor hardly works.
- The second floor is open space. The second bed is next to the office and has no walls to the downstairs floor.
- The WC in the top floor has no shower, only bathtub. But if water drops to the floor, it will immediately go through the wood planks to the lower floor. So my daughter had to shower in our bathroom everyday.
- But the thing that lacked the most was the attention / service as from the second day, when Laura was not in charge anymore:
1) We had only one garbage bag in the kitchen. When we asked if we could have some more, we were told that "it is usually one per booking, we only give more than one for longer stays. Not even a hint of "no problem, we will get you some more". So we had to go and buy a whole case. We were three people staying for five days, so I'm not sure how many days would justify a second plastic bag.
2) When the power went down in the neighborhood (for a reason which is not the owner's fault), we asked if we could get any candles, to avoid spending the night in total darkness. Initially, the person in charge of check-out told us "all stores were closed on Sunday and I don't ave any at home" (we actually went to the supermarket a few hours early on that same day, and our conversation was at 4pm, so I find it difficult to believe that all stores were indeed closed. Even if they were, I'm sure any friend in town could have spared some candles). It was only hours later, after i insisted directly with the owner, that that we had candles delivered them to our door (proof that it was indeed possible to get candles). Had I not insisted, and we would have spent the night in full darkness, as the electricity didn't come back until dawn.
Overall, I feel it's a cute house, very well located, but which is not worth the aprox US$250 a night we paid for it.