The apartment is very well designed and handy for the beach. It’s pretty well equipped though essentials are minimal (insufficient loo roll, just one dishwasher tablet, no washing powder/ tablets - we left loads so hopefully next people won’t have to buy a box).
The seafront nearby is stunning and there’s a some really good restaurants and bars nearby. Travel into the city is super easy with a No19 bus stop outside and a tram stop around the corner (where you can buy a discounted 10 journey travel card covering trams and buses).
Like a few of the properties in the area it has been beautifully renovated- the problems lie with the area which is largely deprived (homeless people sleeping outside the house, one almost falling into the house when we opened the front door and some aggressive begging nearby definitely didn’t make it a tranquil holiday on times). We had 3 weeks and it’s possible that if we’d had a weekend that we probably wouldn’t noticed problems.
Another issue with the long stay was that the owner didn’t seem prepared or geared up for it - we had to ask for a change of bed linen and on asking for a second change was told ‘don’t you know it’s not a hotel - wash it yourself’. Possibly fair to ask us to wash it but not the most diplomatic way to say it (a tumble drier would have been useful as it took a couple of days to dry as well as taking up all the space in the courtyard).
Finally would have been nice to have had proactive comms from owner - there was a beautiful procession of local people dressed in traditional costumes which we just happened upon as we walked down the road. Would have been great to have been told about it as it was well worth seeing.
So to sum up: great short stay apartment near the beach and handy for transport but be prepared for the deprivation.