As you first walk in, the place looks nice and clean. It is freshly remodelled, the bed is standard size, though very soft and uncomfortable. Once you start looking around, you might notice there is trash around the bins outside. Junk mail is piled up inside the front door, pushed over to the side. The windows are so filthy you can barely see outside. There are skylights covered in rain spots and caked on dust. In order to close the front door, you have to insert your fingers into the mail slot and pull as there is no handle. But the main problem is this is an upstairs/downstairs unit, with very thin walls and floors, and we could hear everything that was going on upstairs.
You can hear every step, every cough, every conversation, EVERYTHING. I know the names of the 2 children who were there our first night as the parents kept yelling at them, attempting to correct their behavior. They ran around upstairs until nearly midnight. We were going to complain to the host, but they checked out the next morning. Thing is a fresh group of guests arrived, with 2 small kids. Having just landed from somewhere in North America, they had jet lag, and bounced around until finally at 2.30 in the morning, I banged on the door leading upstairs and complained to them. Their excuse was the kids are jet lagged. One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor is an old expression which it seems doesn’t apply to them.
The next morning we did mention it to the owner who said he would take care of it. Same thing the next night, and the next. In all, we spent 5 nights there and did not have 1 good night’s sleep, even telling the owner if he could not control the situation, we would have no choice but to move out. He was not phased. We actually thought he would come around and handle things personally. But not at all. All he did was offer a very mild insincere apology, reminding us over and over to leave the money for the additional night on the kitchen counter as we check out. He just didn’t care. He is only interested in money going into his account, not at all interested in making sure his guests have an enjoyable stay. Though to be fair, we noticed as we checked in a broken lock on the bathroom door, and it was fixed the next morning, even though we told the owner it was not important.
So if you must stay here, make sure you stay upstairs, or are a heavy sleeper, or buy ear plugs.