I first wanted to rent Maria's attic flat with terrace, but Maria convinced me to take her luxurious apartment in downtown, saying that it was cooler, more spacious, got rented more and had raving reviews.
After arriving, we unfortunately regretted my decision almost immediately.
Yes, it is a great flat for two people with all mod cons, a great mattress and a good kitchen and bathroom in a lively and interesting neighbourhood.
Unfortunately we didn't enjoy staying there as much as I expected.
First of all the interiors.
As the apartment is much smaller than it appears on the pictures, it feels quite cramped with all the decorations and for us not homely at all.
Also it is quite noisy.
It is on the third floor of a very narrow street where most houses have five floors, so the sound of the street and surroundings really travels up into the apartment.
Cars, scooters, music and the night time garbage collections stop you from sleeping with an open window which gets quite uncomfortable in the summer.
As the neighbourhood is very up and coming the last few years, there are also a lot of refurbishments going on in the area. We had the luck of three days constant drilling with a pneumatic drill across the road from us.
Those days we couldn't stay inside the flat at all.
When I tried to change my booking back to the attic flat, it was unfortunately already rented out.
Also I missed having a terrace to sit outside in the mornings and evenings.

But Maria is a very friendly and helpful host all around.
She answers all questions and enquiries really fast and tries to help you where she can.