We spent 2 nights at Neil’s Airbnb in St Werburghs. The area is quite trendy and there are a couple of nice Taprooms (Wiper & True, Fierce & Noble) nearby, and a neighbourhood Italian (Napolita Café) nearby. We had a car and it was no problem to get parking outside. The flat had a full length mirror, hairdryer and teabags which we appreciated, and the shower had good pressure / was nice and warm.
However, we found quite a few negatives of the flat itself. Whilst it was mostly clean, it really is quite shabby and in need of a lick of paint / update. There are lots of marks around the place, nails / holes in the wall, etc. It had a lingering funny smell which wasn’t nice, however as the flat is on a ground floor with a busy street outside we didn’t want to open the windows for too long due to noise and safety. There were lots of cobwebs, spiders and dead flies on the ceilings and around the windows. Outside the flat there were bins with flies / rotting matter in – these may have belonged to the neighbours but they were right outside the flat when we checked in and were grim. The shower door was loose too.
Despite other reviews saying Neil was communicative I actually had to wait over 2 days for a reply to my message about how we check in on the week leading up to my stay. I understand Neil may have been busy / not have wanted to give the lockbox code to me for safety reasons however I would have appreciated a reply explaining this.
Overall we did not think this flat was value for money.