I wanted to love this apartment and I’m not usually one to complain, but.
I booked this flat for 3 reasons. 1. It had advertised 3 beds. 2. Easily navigated based on google maps and public transit routes. 3. The rooftop terrace seemed an amazing add.
Unfortunately, there are 2 beds and a cot. A cot that is completely unusable as a bed as the mattress on it is about an inch thick and it’s sagging in the center broken or stretched to the point that a metal rod is directly in the small of you back. So I had to bunk with one of my friends each night.
Additionally Mark charges for a third person which I originally found fair noting there would be added work to make the bed up and clean the sheets and such. Bed was never made up and when I went to do it myself discovered that it was pointless. So he charges for a service that can’t be used.
As for the transportation, that IS extremely easy to navigate and get around. That is accurate.
Now, in terms of the terrace. I believe it is indeed a beautiful feature. But that too was unusable due to the degree of dirt and bird droppings. Please see attached photos. I don’t mean to sound rude, but would you sit here? Absolutely disgusting!
The wifi will not work on first floor
I would like to say that we were allowed to check in early, but I think it was by mistake because 20 mins after we got there (1:40pm) the cleaners showed up at 2. I know the listing says not before 2, but I hadn’t heard from Mark and when I finally did it was a rather rude response.
We could tell immediately the place wasn’t clean so that made sense, except if check in is 3 and they showed up at two and proceeded to eat their lunch, they obviously spent little to no time cleaning. Nonetheless, realizing we would be in their way we placed all our belongings in the living area in the corner and left the apartment to grab a bit. When we returned at 340, nothing had been touched and I’m not sure what they did as previous travelers dirty towels were still sitting in the dining area. And there was a black towel in the downstairs with hair all over it as well as used bar soap on the sink and in shower. It’s clear the cleaners cleaned nothing. I have photos to the liking.
Please know that the upstairs bathroom only runs lukewarm water and the downstairs runs ice cold or fire of hell but nothing in between.
The “shampoo and conditioner provided” is just odds and ends left over by previous guest, so keep that in mind.
There was leftover food in various places.
Additionally the power went out over night the first night and when I reached out to Mark he stated we must have tripped a fuse. Which I found funny as when it went out I only had the bathroom light on for navigation purposes. Since the power was out and we had an early tour and couldn’t wait to figure out the issue, we had to leave sans shower because the hot water doesn’t work without power. After research we found out it was just an outage but Mark really could have figured that out instead of assuming we had done something. He offered zero assistance. Honestly not the best person to deal with over all. Kind of comes across as rude. And after that interaction I really wasn’t keen on reaching out further.