Hands-off for your own good!
Although I can say it was one of my worst experiences on Airbnb, I try to stay fair for the review, so I start with the positives:
- The apartment is very clean and the photos are showing exactly how the flat looks like.
- The location is very good and you can reach the city center in 15 minutes and the old Center. (Gamla stan) in 30 min on foot.
- Elias is very nice. He did his best to communicate and solve the problems and offered a 30% refund on the payment (excl. cleaning and service fee)
- There are plenty of restaurants and bars near the building
Negatives:
- The location is quiet. However the building and neighbors are very noisy. There are lots of noises (even during nights around 2:00 or 3:00) and also construction noises from outside and inside the building. They start from 6:00 in the morning and continue the whole day. We couldn’t sleep at all during the weekdays. I told Elias about it, he tried to talk with the landlord but nothing changed afterwards, he also denied a full refund on the first days, only when just three days were left and after tons of chats with airbnb support he offered it, which made no sense for us at that time.
- There are not enough bedsheets for 4 people staying. So remember to keep some with you if you are in a bigger group!
- The internet is not working properly and it is very slow. We faced lots of disconnections and most of the times we were on our cellphone networks.
- The lift in the house very small (and old). It was stuck 3 or 4 times between the floors during our stay. We saw an old lady stuck inside. So better keep the stairs.
- There is absolutely no cheap parking places near the building. You can park in front of the building for almost 22 Euros/day. ( it is forbidden on Fridays from 00:00 to 8:00, which were nice to be mentioned by the host in order to prevent a 110 Euro ticket.all the signs are in swedish, I would expect more info from the host)
- If you are traveling by car with a non swedish plate, be careful, the police ( or the company for parking) are looking for such cars as victims! Even when you pay with the app, put a paper behind your window. I got another 90 Euro ticket with the reason that there was no proof of payment in the car. Asked the locals, it is possible to cancel the wrong ticket but good luck with the bureaucracy.