First, the good. Louise was a friendly host and, except for a couple important exceptions (described below), the place was generally consistent with the description in the Airbnb Listing.
That said, contrary to representation on the listing, there was no Air Conditioning, just a fan. This was an important search criteria for us, as we restricted our search to places WITH A/C and this place didn’t have it. The lack of A/C meant that we needed to leave open the windows the entire time we were in the room. While the combination of open window and fan helped with temperature comfort (b/c temps were low 20’s C/low 70’s F), keeping the window open REALLY exacerbated the noise effect from the street. Although the bars below the flat shut down around 11 PM, the noise from people continuing to hang out - and especially the noise of breaking bottles/garbage bins being filled after bar closure - continued past midnight most nights we were there. The noise resumed early each day (between 6:30-7:30 AM) as the garbage trucks came daily to haul away the bins of bottles, which created a sharp “breaking glass” wake-up call every day.
So while we were aware of the trade off of central location for noise later in the evening (we were told it stopped at 11 PM, the combination of no-A/C (and thus open windows) with the later-than-advertised noise levels should be considered by those who value either A/C or quietude prior to 12 midnight and until after 7:00 AM.