While the apartment was nice and spacious given the price, there were a few things that fell short of my previous airbnb experiences. Before arrival we were told that the apartment would take awhile to clean, but were told it would be ready for our arrival at 15h. We were running late, and when we arrived at 16h, they were still cleaning and did not leave until 16h30. On top of this, there were dirty towels left in the bathroom (although the apartment did have clean towels in a closet) and one of the beds had clean sheets on the bed but was not made.

We never met Maite, but only dealt with her neighbor Elke. While both were friendly, we had a lot of miscommunication over arrival and departure times, although they were not mad when we left late since Elke was not there to take our keys. Elke also offered to let us leave our luggage since our train departed late in the evening, which we appreciated.

I find it frustrating when the "host" or owner of the apartment is not present since it just makes the back and forth over whatsapp tedious, but this seems to be the typical situation for Europe.