This was our least favorite Airbnb experience. The major problem for us was that the internet in the apartment was so slow that pages would not load and would just spin and then time out. It would say the device was connected to the Wifi, but even a very simple page would not load. We tried with four different devices (one phone, one iPad, two PC laptops) and were unsuccessful in using the internet with any of them. I had one cell phone with international cell and data service (not connected to the apartment’s WiFi), with which I was able to communicate with the owner Sam, who explained that while he advertised his apartment with WiFi, he did not guarantee any speed, and admitted “it’s never been very fast.” He offered some suggestions like turning the router off and back on, unplugging the Amazon Fire from the TV, said he would try calling the provider, and even sent his cleaning person to “change the ADSL filter.” Despite all this, we were never able to get any of our devices to load a page fully on the apartment’s WiFi network. By the third day we gave up trying, and went to the internet café across the street, where we were able to immediately join their free network and spent an hour working and catching up on email. We have stayed in three other AirBnb apartments on this trip, and that was the only one where we experienced this problem.
The primary other issue for us was the number of stairs (66) which were steep and narrow. The apartment was on what we would call the 4th floor in US terms.
The washing machine worked well, and washed a small load in about 40 minutes, spinning efficiently so things were ready to hang and dry. There was good ventilation (lots of windows and skylights) so things dried pretty quickly. The cross breezes kept the apartment cool (it was June and weather was not hot). I don’t know how warm the apartment might get if there were warmer temperatures, being on the top floor.
The bed was fairly uncomfortable, and very low to the ground. One side had a low ceiling, so you had to duck to keep from hitting your head. The apartment is advertised with two beds, sleeping up to four persons, but the second bed is a vinyl covered settee in the living room that must fold down flat but didn’t look like it would be comfortable for even one adult, much less two. There was a blow-up single air mattress in one closet, but that would take up the limited floor space.