MUST-READ: If you are planning to book this apartment, you would like to hear my recent experience of staying in this so-called “Luxurious attic apartment”. I was meeting my partner’s family for the first time and wanted to book a beautiful if not luxurious apartment for our stay for 10 days (24 Dec till 2 Jan). I was disappointed to see even the basic details were lacking in the apartment. I can write a chapter on this but will go with some bullet points for now 😊
1.	Heating, the host mentioned that there are two heaters available (evidence: I have his WhatsApp message) but when we arrived, the heater in the main bedroom was not working. When I requested the host to repair it, he mentioned that they will send someone on the next day (25 December). They didn’t which was fine (Christmas day), however, he texted if I could be home between 4 to 6 PM for the guy to come for repairs. If you are visiting a new city for a limited duration, wasting an evening waiting for a mechanic doesn’t seem like an amazing use of time.
Anyways, we did wait and left home at 18h while the mechanic did not arrive until 18h30m which could have been fine if I live in the same city. I had limited days to see places and booked tickets/ restaurants for evenings already. Pros: he fixed it (thank you); Cons: waited for two days in cold and wasted almost a half day.
2.	Dirty Bed towels: Since we booked a place for 10 days, we expected to have at least two clean bath towels each (booked for six people). The host only gave us five bath towels which were not even cleaned properly. On requesting to replace or at least provide an extra bath towel, I did not get any response.
3.	No proper bedsheet: The main bedroom had a double bed as shown in the pictures and also mentioned under “the space” section of the advertisement. However, it was two single beds (totally fine), I combined them to make a double bed and requested the host to provide a double bed sheet along with a towel (mentioned above), did not receive any response.
4.	Exposed electric wires: One of the bedrooms (I stayed in that room, picture #11 in adv.), had a socket plug opened literally next to the cupboard and the electrical wires were exposed. One can easily get a shock while changing clothes as there is not much space between the bed and cupboard especially when two people are sharing the room. I tried to fix the socket myself, but the cover was falling every time, and I didn’t want to take any chances with life. There was another open socket on the wall in the same room which was unreachable but looked ugly. I have pictures of both 😉
5.	Security Cameras: The property mentioned ‘no security cameras’ but there were two security cameras one overlooking the living area and the other overlooking the space in the main bedroom. As per the Airbnb community policy, security cameras are allowed only if they are disclosed in the description. This was not disclosed to us, In fact, we did not even notice the cameras for the first three days. Later, we covered them with polybags. Have pictures for both.
6.	Wifi: the wifi router was placed in our bedroom and we still couldn’t have access to good internet. Imagine the other rooms and living area. We all used our mobile data throughout the 10 days.
7.	No dustbin, only a steel bucket to use as a dustbin. Although the fridge was very clean.
8.	If you want some special moments with your partner in the main bedroom, be aware that the ceiling light (only light) gets switched off when you slide the door to close the room (there is not much space between the door and switchboard). You can use your mobile torch or light on the balcony. Alternatively, keep trying sliding the door in and out, you may get lucky to have a private moment with your partner, with a closed door and light on 😊 .
In summary, If you stay somewhere for 10 days, you’d expect atleast a bathing soap, don’t expect that in this apartment. You would expect cleanliness – Don’t, the patio had a table which had some sticky thing all over which I tried to clean but it was a waste of time. Don’t use the soap capsule provide to do laundry - I am still trying to take out the detergent capsule from shorts where it is stuck like chewing gum.
Also, the kitchen is much smaller than shown in the picture with stuff not been cleaned since ancient times (sorry for my language but i was ashamed to cook anything there for my family) . The building is old with a lift which was stinky. The apartment looks really bad at night with very poor lighting. On windy days, the windows are poorly fixed, and you can hear loud clattering noises. Overall, the only good point of the apartment was its location and the view from the patio. If you are ready to pay a big chunk for those two things, this can be your go-to place. Also, the host allowed us to check in earlier than the check-in time (thanks for that).
To me, it felt like an embarrassment to book my partner’s family stay there. Fortunately, they are amazing people who did not judge me by the choice of place I made them stay in (thank lord).
Lastly, this was the first time (still asking myself- why?) I took a chance to book a place without any reviews on the property. I have never done it before, lesson learned. I hope you learn from my mistake before clicking ‘confirm’.
Thank you !