You have to laugh, or you’ll cry.
We get there and he’s double booked our studio apartment, so he offers us a 2 bedroom apartment instead, lovely. It was far from ready for us to be there however. The floors were filthy, kitchen was a mess, washing machine had mould throughout, the blinds weren’t functioning and missing slats, the whole apartment smelt of paint fumes and chemicals, the bathroom sink needed constant unclogging, and the list goes on.
Access to the loft studio apartment was THROUGH our flat, so other people were in and out of our place, and our bed was underneath the stairs, so when the neighbour (another of his guests) came and went at all hours, it would wake us up. Apparently the upstairs shower wouldn’t go hot too, so the upstairs guest also let themselves into our bathroom, which we found out about in very awkward circumstances as we were unaware of our bathroom guest. Also, I think there was literally only one day where Sulman (the owner) didn’t let himself into our apartment, to either work on the second bedroom to get it ready, or assemble furniture in the lounge room etc. To be fair, he was very polite and kind most of the time, but there was ZERO privacy.
We were notified at 9:30pm on a Friday that a cleaner would be coming at 7:00am the following morning to do the bathrooms of both flats, when in fact she came to clean everything, and even came into our bedroom while we were sleeping. Again, no privacy, as he would enter whenever he wanted, never waiting to be let in. The cleaning was very much appreciated though, as the place really needed it!
The final parting gift was that on the second last day, he told us that he had double booked himself, yet again, and asked if another guest (who also booked an apartment for himself) could go into the second bedroom of our apartment. Not wanting to have someone go without accommodation, we obliged, and Sulman did offer compensation which was appreciated, but we then had to share our bathroom, kitchen and lounge room with another guest.
You’d think booking a private, self contained flat would mean you’d have the space to yourself, but no, not here.