I have lived in that apartment for more than a month. Here are the conclusions I made from this experience. In case you decide to rent this apartment, then the following facts should be taken into account.
The apartment is located in the old city where all roads are paved with stones, so it’s extremely hard to move a suitcase. As it is the old city, it’s forbidden to drive a taxi there and you have to walk quite a long way to get to the taxi. I had my own experience when I called a taxi to get to the airport. The apartment is on the 2nd floor of a 17th-century house, and of course there is no elevator. Besides, there is a very narrow staircase so that it’s almost impossible to take a suitcase up and down the stairs. When I was leaving and had to take down my suitcase, my knees hurt so much. And now a few comments on the apartment itself.
The apartment was unbearably dirty. The floor was filthy, and it was covered with an awful rug. It was so dirty that I had to roll it and take it away, as walking on it was extremely unpleasant. There were cigarette butts on the floor. The sofa was stained all over. The kitchen set, the fridge and the dishes were all so dirty and broken as well. The hostess gave me bed linen with blood stains. Since this is a very old house, this apartment is tiny, and it looks bigger in the photos. When I saw it, I was shocked, as I had to live there for a month. If you are tall, then keep in mind that the ceilings are extremely low. My height is 1.75 cm and I hurt my hands against the ceiling three times when I forgot that they were low and raised my hands up. There is another big disadvantage. Alisa, the girl who rents out the apartment, and that’s her real name, by the way, lied to me. When I was choosing the place, it was written that breakfast was included. Yes, that’s weird, but it was really written there. In the centre of Zurich, including the place where I lived, there were lots of apartments for rent, and I chose that one because of the breakfast. However, they were not provided at all, and, apparently, this was just the way for that girl to attract guests. I wrote to Alisa and asked about breakfast several times, but she was silent and ignored this question. Then, I wrote an email to Airbnb, and I am very grateful to the Airbnb team as they always respond quickly, and they returned money for the breakfasts. Another disadvantage is that the audibility in the apartment was very high, you can hear everything: a person walking upstairs, cracking of the floor, toilet flushing at night. You hear all of that and wake up every time when someone goes to the toilet. The conclusion is: I would not recommend this apartment to anyone. It is not suitable for life, and the rent is too high. When I told some Swiss about the rent price, everyone was really surprised.
P.S. Alisa, no matter how insistently you asked me for a positive review, I always write the truth so that people coming from other countries would not get such problems with their accommodation and would have a possibility to read real feedback.