The location was amazing! Couldn’t ask for much more in that respect. There are some downsides to this property though.
1) the apartment is unbelievably hot. Like ridiculously hot for September. I struggled to sleep and there was a fan but still it was way too hot in that place.
2) there’s literally no views from the apartment and the listing pictures make it seem like there is. The bedroom and kitchen are next to public stairs which are used late in to the night by people who can be quite loud, especially at the weekend. These rooms also have the only windows in the property, so you can’t really escape that.
3) there’s ONE plug socket in the bedroom… not even an extension cord, just a single socket.
4) the place is tired. It really needs modernising and it’s been decorated quickly and poorly, and this really lets it down. Broken tiles, paint on the door handles and broken picture frames hung on the wall are minor, but overall it looks cheap and kind of lazy tbh. There’s old sticky tape on the floor which probably used to hold something down but once again, brings the feel of the place down.
5) the apartment lacks basics like scissors and cooking oil and the pans are AWFUL. Don’t even try to fry anything. Also only half a sponge was left for us to use, like seriously, half a sponge, they’re pennies a piece and I don’t know how it was cut because there are no scissors.
Honestly, amazing location, in a great part of town, but it feels like nobody really cares about the property that much. A few days of careful decorating and tidying up the shabby bits would just do this place the world of good.