Pros
-the hosts are kind and attentive and trying their best
-the accommodation is very clean
-lots of plates and bowls, some pots and pans, adequate cutlery. One kitchen knife
-the double mattresses are comfortable
-wonderful location (tho no decent supermarkets nearby)
-there was laundry and dishwasher detergent already in the kitchen as well as washing up liquid as well as shampoo and shower gel in the bathrooms
Cons
-this accommodation is completely unsuitable for families with young children.
-this "duplex" is not a duplex at all. It is two separate "apartments" with two seperate keys, on two separate floors in between which are many steep steps (1st and 2nd floor). On the ground floor there is another separate apartment and the terrace is on the 3rd floor up incredibly steep steps.
-The access door at the ground floor is open and anyone can come in off the street and attempt to enter the "apartments" as they only have weak internal doors.
-the smell of cigarettes being smoked on the ground floor is so strong on the 2nd floor that our laundry smelled of cigarettes after we hung it out during the day.
-the shower water floods the bathroom floor as the bottom of the shower door isn't sealed properly. There's nowhere to put toiletries in the bathrooms or even to hang towels other than the small radiators.
-there is no electric kettle and boiling water on the cooker takes ages.
-the terrace has been neglected and didn't look like it does on the photos.
-the steps to get into the building and inside the building are incredibly steep and very difficult to use for little kids and for parents with prams etc.
-there are no smoke or heat detectors in the building which is particularly worrying considering the smoking taking place on the ground floor.
-Extremely noisy; it's not a quiet little street; there's a constant stream of traffic and during the night there are all manner of vehicles trundling past including garbage trucks clanging and banging at 2300. The call to prayer is incredibly loud. The windows offer almost no sound insulation. Neighbours playing music extremely loud at 0300 one night.
-No mattress protector, just a thin bed sheet and then the mattress
-there didn't seem to be any WiFi or information on rubbish disposal