*For context: my partner and I (Canadians in our mid-20s) stayed at Lynda’s for two nights in early Nov
PROS — very clean; consistent, professional responses from Lynda; detailed check-in instructions; beautiful area and MCM-style furnishings + spacious layout; quality water pressure (best I’ve come across after staying in 4 different places in Edi) and pieces+aesthetic in the bathroom; good kitchen appliances; a good, firm-ish and bad-back-friendly mattress. Also, my partner and I appreciated many of the little touches (e.g. local resto recs; milk in the fridge; cute minimalist hangers; good blowdryer; board games; big candle and bubbles for baths; blackout curtains)
WOULD’VE BEEN NICE’s — better quality kitchen supplies and basics (L’s were fine, but we didn’t enjoy doing substantive cooking in the kitchen as much as we’ve enjoyed that in other Airbnbs); communication/consent before not setting up the 2nd bedroom/bed (which I’d looked forward to at least having the option to use, in case the mattresses were different or my light-sleeper-of-a-partner wanted to sleep separately one night); more to do in the area (we *loved* our meal at Roseleaf but other local restos and stores we tried out were good-or-fine + very limited, respectively, to greater extents than we’d expected. But to be fair, we weren’t able to try many restos — most of the exciting ones were closed on Sundays/Mondays — and this would be a lovely neighbourhood if you wanted a scenic, low-key one!)
CONS — the unit wasn’t well-insulated in terms of heat or sound, to the point where a) the walking + talking of occasional pedestrians out on the street parallel to the bedroom was “it’s like they’re in the room”-level-audible, while large vehicles passing over cobblestones/the odd car alarm woke us up multiple times; b) we asked L if we could increase the heat after arriving mid-afternoon/feeling quite cold, to which she’d responded “The heating is on a timer and is on from 3.30 - 11pm and from 6-10am. It’s not possible for you to change that. Please don’t try to change the heating settings.” I had to take meetings in N American time zones/do work well after the heating shut off both nights, and even after layering more than usual, I was shivering sometimes.
TL;DR, if you’re a light sleeper OR you hate the cold and are staying during a cold time of year, I would take these cons seriously/ at least pack accordingly! We were both unable to sleep well or feel warm enough both nights, and while we think this listing has a TON of great features that would guarantee a lovely stay for many potential guests, we wish we’d known about — and probably wouldn’t have booked this if we’d known about — the insulation issues in advance.