NOISE! NOISE! NOISE! booked this apartment as a last minute stay in Bristol to break up our return trip from Cornwall back home. I’ve stayed in many good apartments both with work and for leisure and this one looked to be excellent and luxurious.
Communication on booking was good. On arrival at the apartment it soon became clear it wasn’t quite up to the standard advertised. The apartment front door lock was falling off. One bathroom didn’t look particularly clean and there were marks on the floors both the tiles and heavily soiled carpet stains. There were missing bedside lamps and loose light switches. Also one bathroom had the toilet roll holder simply lying on the floor not attached to the wall. The bath plug was not attached and as such did not work and just swung around the bath! Walls were marked and wallpaper was peeling off. Bed linen and towels were of a decent standard as you would expect in this kind of rental.
It became clear that the main bedroom to the front of the apartment was extremely noisy. My daughter actually commented “can we close the window”
But upon investigation the windows were closed! We could literally hear everything as if here were no windows there at all. It’s on a main road so you can imagine the noise from traffic and people and scooters whizzing past. We hoped it would calm down later into the evening but in fact it got worse!
Other apartment guests were coming and going until 2.30am and the front door slammed everytime! The front bedroom is next to this main front door for the entire building and there is no soundproofing! Also these guests kept coming downstairs and smoking and going back upstairs, doors slamming. This continued until 2.30am. To make matters even worse there is an automatic light sensor which turns on outside and the blinds in the main bedroom only covered half the windows so everytime this light turned on the bedroom was illuminated to the point it looked like daylight even during the night! We got absolutely no sleep at all!
Also a faulty fridge decided to make a huge noise all night as the motor was dying and this again added to the incessant noise in the apartment! I videoed everything and took photographs and Airbnb has stepped in after the host refused a refund!
Honestly do not be fooled by this apartment I have stayed in better youth hostels! Save yourself a sleepless night and book somewhere quiet.
The host never mentioned that there could be the possibility of any noise and the fact the fittings are falling apart and not cleaned says it all.
There is a reason this apartment has so few reviews!