I stayed in this place for two weeks. Despite the host being nice and the location being good, the building has some very bad issues. So, I wouldn’t recommend this place for stays longer than one or two nights. Below is the summary.
Pros:
Host is very nice and helpful and responds fast.
The location of the apartment is very good. It’s located near the metro station, walking distance to groceries, and close to two big malls.
Cons:
The building is super old. The walls, the tiny elevator that barely fits four people, the bathroom and kitchen equipment… they all look old. There was even a big mole in one of the walls.
THE BIGGEST ISSUE: for many days, there was no hot water to take a shower. And that was a big issue. I messaged the host many times, and he said this is an issue because of the low water pressure. And he cannot do anything about it. Imagine you’re going to stay in a place for two weeks and there’s no hot water to take a shower until late afternoon. It ruins your trip plans.
It was raining one day, and there was huge leakage in the roof. It was a big mess on the floors that we had to clean.
There were birds making noise in the small place behind the bathroom.
The wifi only accessible in the living room and couldn’t reach to the bedrooms.
The washer stopped working after two days. He promised fixing it shortly. But he postponed it each time I asked. And it didn’t get fixed after the two weeks.
Unfortunately the host couldn’t speak English (though it’s posted that he knows English). I saw him once and he used Google translate to communicate, which is difficult of you’re in a hurry to resolve the issue.
The elevator starts from the second floor. And the stairs are very steep from first to second floor.
After all the issues I was so frustrated that I reached out to Airbnb. I sent the videos of the issues. They were very supportive and offered me to change the place or refund. Since it was difficult to move I accepted to continue my stay. But it was really an unpleasant stay.
So, if you really don’t care about the place itself (especially taking a shower every day), maybe it’s good for one night. Otherwise I wouldn’t recommend this place at all.