I want to start by saying that Nic is a lovely person. His loft is in a building that was formerly a school, so it kind of feels funny. The doorman in the lobby makes it feel safe.
Nic left some food for us, which was really lovely.
Unfortunately, but maybe this is because we booked that trip at the very last minute and we didn't have the time to coordinate better, Nic left the apartment with his stuff around and it gave the weird feeling of having broken into someone's house. I felt uncomfortable with that.
Now what went not right is that Nic said there were TWO rooms and TWO beds in the apartment. It actually is ONE bedroom with ONE bed. There is a mezzanine under the glass ceiling (no way to sleep in the dark) with a tired sofa bed that has an even more tired 4 cm mattress. Took me an hour to find the (not so fresh) sheets for that sofa, but Nic was nice when i called passed midnight to say i needed help with that. That was a killer for my back and, feeling I am way way passed being a backpack student crashing at a friend's, I had to go find myself a hotel first thing in the morning. MEGA extra cost.