I stayed in this apartment for a month as I was in Stockholm for work. Location-wise, Kungsholmen is fantastic, very safe, and beautiful! Good neighbors in the building, too. About the apartment: it is designed very simple as you can see in the pictures, it is correct. That simplicity came with major missings (I would say) in different parts, especially in the kitchen. The kitchen is nicely renovated but there are so many must-have kitchen utensils missing! Not even a salad bowl with a depth to prepare a salad, no vegetable peeler, no bowl for the oven (the oven plate is there but if you want to use the oven with more liquid food for stew, for example, you just can't), just one small pot and not a second one (which then he provided afterwards).... The inside of the kitchen shelves was not so clean, there was dust in fact. I didn't feel comfortable so I put everything into the dishwasher to make a clean start. Not so late after, the heavy cover material in front of the dishwasher fell onto my ankle/foot. Cause, apparently that design material was broken. I am glad that nothing serious happened to me. It was just a major nuisance that the entire cover laid on the ground for the whole month, which limited the space to move around the kitchen.
Then, in the living room, the main light bulb is apparently not connected to electricity so the other lights you have in the room are not sufficient enough to give good light conditions. It was a bit difficult for me because I was trying to study for my online classes in many of my evenings, too.
In the bathroom, there was no garbage bin either, luckily he provided it afterwards.
So with all these points mentioned, I reached out to Normunds and we met. When I mentioned the problems, the missing parts, the broken dishwasher cover etc. I perceived his attitude as a bit strange, almost as if I am asking for a red carpet or something. On the contrary, I was trying to help him understand, that the missing things in the apartment are not "luxury" materials, they are important and basic stuff to function in an apartment.
In general, he always replied to my texts very quickly, so he is responsive in that regard, but I find communication with him a little difficult (e.g., English-wise, as well as this attitude as if I am a guest who is hard to please kind of, you know?) It was just too cumbersome to spend time on all these apartment-fix issues, which shouldn't consume my time. When he came to the apartment to fix the dishwasher cover, he was like "its not a big deal you see it is just fixed now"etc. Five minutes later he left, the cover fell again! And then I was like, this is so annoying and I don't want to spend anymore time on any of these things in this apartment, I will spend this one month in whichever condition the apartment is, and then just go back home. When the cover fell for the 2nd time, then, Normunds changed in a positive way, and showed his more "understanding" face! Apologized so many times for the disturbance, and that is how he decided to make an IKEA order for (only) the two of the missing stuff in the apartment (e.g., garbage bin and the cloth rack but for instance not the vegetable peeler, salad bowl, oven stew etc). I just wished that he would hear me better at first and try to understand that I am not criticizing him, I am giving him feedback on the painpoints I have in the apartment, and what kind of material can be useful not only for me but going forward as well. Instead of him trying to convince me that he already provides every must-have stuff, and it is not his responsibility to provide more, it would have been nicer to just take notes and try to provide some for me now, and some for the next comers. It was not a silver plate I was asking, it was just a basic bowl or a peeler, you know? For me, these rounds of conversations were quite unnecessary, and unpleasant. I just wished him to make that IKEA order before the dishwasher cover fell for the 2nd time, and actually include more stuff to that order list and not just rack and the bin.
All in all, I think he is a good person, and tries to do whatever feels right to him in these Airbnb host-guest relations thing. I think in the end he might even realise that this was a not-so-pleasant Airbnb experience for me.
I chose this apartment because it was close to my office and there were no alternatives for the time period I was gonna visit Stockholm. Again, location wise it is perfect, Kungsholmen is such a wonderful place to be. If you decide to stay in this Airbnb, firstly, just expect the fact that you might have communication issues with the landlord which can make your life a bit difficult. Secondly, lower your expectations on how to use the kitchen as a whole due to missing materials. The kitchen is beautiful but it misses so many handy/useful kitchen utensils which can be easily provided from IKEA or second-hand stores or whatever. (Wishful thinking for the newcomers!)
Oh, one last point, the door at the entrance of the housing complex is just annoying. The door needs to be greased or fixed somehow because especially in my first days I couldn't get in our get-out because of this! Thanks the neighbour I randomly met helped me a few times to learn the "trick" of opening the door. To be honest, the neighbours were quite friendly and with them I started to have a sense of "home" a bit more, otherwise I just felt strongly that I am a guest here.