Communications was good. I received a text a few hours before check in with all the details I needed.
Location was great – walking distance to nice bars, restaurants and pubs.
Check in wasn’t difficult but more complicated than is necessary. Most places we’ve stayed at have a key safe outside the door whereas here we had to go to a shop half a mile away to collect the key. We could have done with having more than one key also.
On entry into the flat the whole place stank of alcohol. There were half drunken drinks in the fridge and a sandwich box of medication – weird. The bathroom drawers were full of old toothbrushes and razors and almost empty toiletries. Approximately 50% of the light bulbs were dead and the smoke alarm kept beeping as it was almost out of batteries.
We used all the hot water up in the tank after two people showering. There were five of us so this was far from ideal. We couldn’t find enough towels for all of us but there was a wash on in the machine so we managed to take some from there once it had finished tumble drying. Some of the towels were unfortunately quite old and stained. There was also no hand soap at any of the sinks.
On a whole, the place needs a proper clear out and clean. This, along with new towels, bedding and light bulbs would make a huge difference to the place as the location is excellent and the flat itself is a nice size and layout. If the owners were more attentive to this I would stay again, but in its current state I would not.