We’re a family of 5 with a 1 year old who’s very mobile. We booked this place with a week to go. I was a bit put out by them sending a very ominous looking contract the day before (talk about pressure) but I signed it as we didn’t have anywhere else booked.
We arrived around 7pm and got in through the codes sent to use. As mentioned in the checkin text the lift is very old and can’t fit much in at all so most of us have to make our way up the winding stairs. The whole entry is unsafe for kids.
The apartment itself felt like a low end hostel. Slightly grubby and sparse. We struggled to work out where the lounge was and realised it was the 2seater sofa and dining table in what is almost an extension of the corridor. There wasn’t a cot despite one being advertised. I took a shower as our baby had been sick on me during our flight and the bathroom was perhaps the most depressing room of all with a blue plastic tube (with shower head) attached to the tap. No actually, the kitchen was the most depressing room in the centre of the apartment with no windows, with fake shutters attached to the wall and lit by fluorescent tubes.
We stayed about 30minutes, the kids weren’t happy, my wife refused to stay there so we rang around and found a much cheaper, newer and pleasant apartment hotel that had a pool, gym and breakfast included. A result in the end but very stressful. The biggest disappointment was that after the checkin details the host didn’t Respond to messages or answer the phone even when I requested a cancellation. I actually thought they may have gone bust!