Positives:

· Easy to get from Airport Metro stop to nearest Metro Stop to the apartment (10 – 15 min walk).
· Easy to walk to the beach.
· Apartment design looks nice.

Negatives:

· Air conditioning is extremely weak it hardly makes a difference to the temperature in the room.
· Noisy neighbours (this is enhanced because a small window in the apartment had panes missing and simply an angled brick which had left large gaps)
· Security is low: only one lock was working on the door (the inside door had no lock because it had stopped working).

Issue arose: The only lock we could use stopped working – therefore we got locked out of the apartment for 4 hours without access to our belongings. As a result of this we ended up being charged unfairly.
We shall just present the facts and let you make your own mind up about whether we should have been charged:
1. The only lock we could use stopped working and we were locked out of the apartment without access to our belongings for 4 hours. In the first hour Gregoire and Sara's friends tried to help us get in and even coloured the key in with pencil to see if graphite would help
2. We were present with Sara and a locksmith who turned up after a couple of hours and worked on the door for another hour in which we were told by both the locksmith and Sara that there was a misalignment issue and saw him physically shave down one of the lock bolts
3. After we returned home from our trip we received a message off Gregoire (who we didn't even meet) asking us to split a locksmith bill for 196.30 euro because the lock had sand in it that's why it stopped working. We faced the following accusations from Gregoire; 1) Sand must have got in the lock from when you went to the beach 2) Our friend who picked up the key after you left saw there was sand on it 3) when I went to lock the door this morning it felt like there was sand in it
4. We asked why there was no mention of the misalignment issue and later Gregoire admitted the locksmith did shave down one of the bolts (if sand is in the lock you don't do this, you use WD40) but still pushed on with the sand in the lock accusation
5. We ended up getting charged for apparently getting sand in a lock
So a word of caution, if something stops working you are the straw that broke the camels back.