Welcome to the big brother house
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I was a slightly disappointed in the hosts attitude on my arrival. Was not the warm welcome i expected for an over priced air b n b apartment. Two of my colleagues arrived 1 hour earlier and were greater by two friends at the apartment lobby. They invited the friends for a cup of tea whilst
they were waiting for me to arrive and were not aware that there was a no guests policy as it was my booking . A very simple mistake and the hosts reaction was to blackmail me with the third bed
which should have been set up before our arrival as I paid an additional £20 to check in at 1PM and not 3PM. The host told me that they wont bring the third bed until the friends of Joe left the building, they had left after 1 hour after they welcomed us to the city . I told the host they left an hour after arriving and still refused to bring the third bed. We were on a film shoot until 11:30 and arrived back at the apartment very tired and i ended up having to sleep fully clothed on the sofa in the living room.
They were watching us on the CCTV cameras which seem to allow no privacy so it was a very uncomfortable to know we were being observed.
Our neighbours were having a party keeping everyone awake and the security came to our door
telling us to keep the noise down yet everyone was asleep. At £800 for 5 night you would expect some privacy and a little respect but it feels more like a student building.
We had to leave the key at the reception as we were on different schedules attending different conferences. On several occasions the reception was closed and we were left waiting for 30 minutes. Was very difficult only having the one key for a group.
The kitchen was not well equipped so be prepared to buy everything you need for cooking.
There was ginger hair all over the apartment from whoever was living there before us, i guess the £100 cleaning fee was not enough to hire a capable cleaner. The toilet seats were not fully attached so that was fun.
Aside from these negative points the host has good communication skills when she was not blackmailing the guests and the apartment is spacious and very well located. The pool facility is brilliant and the lobby staff are very polite and helpful but often disappear so not such a reliable system.