I advise everyone to read this review before you book!!
As stated in the many reviews, during the actual stay Ammar is a polite host. Apart from some strict rules (no eating in room and max. 15 mins in the bathroom) the stay and the location is great. However:
Please note that we booked the room around 2 months before we arrived. Then, a couple hours(!!) after the cancellation period expired Ammar messages us to ask whether we can pay more for the stay. The explanation was that "his rental price became higher" and that "other guests did actually pay more". Apart from having a limited budget, we felt like this was a weird request to make so shortly before the stay and just a couple hours after expiration of the cancellation period (weird timing?).. Additionally, he actually did not ask for a little more, but DOUBLE as much. We denied since we chose the room mainly based on the price and be aware that you are NOT obliged to actually agree to this. After we refused Ammar remained vague about whether he would now cancel the booking. We understood the situation and told him it was okay if he had to cancel due to being able to pay rent, but asked him for clarity. Then he ignored us, eventhough the booking was in just a few days!! In desperation we contacted Airbnb Support, because we felt like Ammar's silence was a manipulative way to get us to cancel the booking (cancellations of hosts lead to penalties). They actually messaged him, which lead to a long awaited angry reply from Ammar tellling us he would in fact not cancel (and that "he had never had such guests like us").
So we went, because we could not cancel without restitution anymore and Ammar could not cancel without sanctions. The stay itself was fine. He was polite and pretended like nothing happened, but please be careful if he makes similair requests to you as he did with us. Simply put: don't let this host pressure you into a situation you do not want. You are not obliged to pay any more than what u booked for. Don't be threatened that the host may cancel when you refuse to pay more. If they cancel without good reason, Airbnb wil sanction them and you get your money back. If uncertain, contact Airbnb support. OR maybe, just to be safe: pick a different appartment. We would not stay here again, since this whole experience really ruins the mood..