"Charming" is the last word I would use to describe this apartment. In fact the word that kept coming to mind is Soulless. The place is clean, sure, but this is Zurich, everything is clean. This apt has zero charm. I'm not even sure if the apt I stayed in is the one pictured but considering the building is so nondescript, I imagine all the apts are identical. (I never saw another person in this building except there was someone using a backpack style vacuum cleaner one morning as I was leaving. He didn't acknowledge me. It was strange.)
The furniture is all knockoff Corbusier. It looks good in pictures but feels cheap in person. The bed is comfortable but I was there in Summer and although it was raining a lot, there is no AC and NO FAN (how hard is it to provide a fan?) The doors and windows in this place are basically hermetically sealed. The air does not move in the apt so a fan would be ideal. I asked and got silence in return. The air is so stuffy, every time I walked back in, it smelled like a old medical office. One could simply open the windows, sure, except there is a construction site directly across the street so you better enjoy waking up at 6:30am sharp with the windows open.
This apt is used for business relocation. No one lives here, certainly not Tania, who I assume works for the relocation service. Tania gave me directions to her office so I could pick up keys and then walk to the apt rather than just meet me at the apt. Her suggestions for public transport to get there were unhelpful as I had some luggage. A taxi would have made more sense. She also suggested I walk up to her office on the 2nd floor to get the keys rather than just coming down to meet me. She came down when I explained I had luggage but basically she did the least amount necessary.
One of the great things about Airbnb is the chance to get insight about a city you are visiting from a person who lives there. All I was given is a generic city map but ZERO helpful on-the-ground info.