Charles and Annemarie seem like nice, upstanding people and their flat is certainly unique and in many ways awesome. Unfortunately the place seems to be quite unloved and not well maintained. The kitchen faucet sink handles fell off and the drain stopper in the bathroom sink needed to be fixed otherwise the sink would constantly fill with water. Things that people who claim to live there would be hard to miss. Additionally, there apparently is a several times a year bathroom melt down that can happen where the apartment is flooded with a smell akin to an open sewer. Unfortunately I was there during one of these episodes. The first time the smell showed up, during my 4 days in the flat, it lasted roughly 24hours and was so bad that I needed to leave the apartment and stay elsewhere for the night. When this issue was brought to the hosts attention they seemed to sit on the information for quite some time before responding that this happens several times a year (not mentioned in the listing) and that it should go away on its own. I once again have no reason to assume that the hosts are bad people but the lack of a solution to fix the smell, the lack of an empathy such that a resolution to compensate for inconvenience and time spent away from the flat, the foreknowledge of the issue without disclosure, and the poor communication leaves me unable to recommend this place on Airbnb.
None of this is to say that there are not many things to recommend this place. There has been some clear effort put into the place to make it look quite inviting for guests. The fixtures are quite handsome, having a fireplace is wonderful, the streets are otherwise quiet and the nearby park is great! This place truly seems to suffer from hosts that seem to have too much on their plates to manage the space properly. At least that's how it comes across. Which is a shame because this place has amazing potential.