Our stay at Noah’s was fairly average, in the sense that it was not as nice as expected. We chose the place due to being described as being in a safe and quite neighbourhood which it was. The location was about 10mins walk to the train station, although we got Ubers back in the evenings from Union train station as it was dark. However, it fell short on a few things. The apartment upstairs is now being rented out, and it seems there has been a change around in the furniture and their layout due to this - which is not so much of an issue, just that it is therefore not exactly as pictured or described. Some things for the better, like there is now a TV where you can sign in to Netflixs or Amazon prime with your own login details.
When we arrived the floors were absolutely filthy, but as it was the evening we decided to clean them ourselves so we could go about our business still. We used all of the floor cleaning wipes and it was still dirty, so requested if the cleaners could come the next day to go over it again. After some dispute with the co-host saying that they had been cleaned prior to our arrival, they did come and clean the floors more thoroughly which we appreciated – however we still wore indoor only flip-flops around the place as it was not exactly clean still. Would suggest needs a door mat on the inside, a rule for no shoes in the apartment and a shoe rack by the door to encourage this. Definitely put a dampener on the beginning of our stay over something so trivial.
Some of the kitchen cutlery was dirty still, and the plates and bowls in the cupboards were wet (after assume being washed). The shelves in the bedroom were very dusty, so we cleaned these before using to put our clothes on. The bath, sink and toilet were clean, and the shower was hot with good pressure. Could do with a permanent bath mat in front of the shower/bath, as we ended up using one of the towels to step out on to. The bed linen was clean and the bed itself was comfy (we stayed in the front bedroom). There was only 1 pillow each on both beds, therefore as there was only 2 of us staying there we took them off the other bed to use. The gardens are lovely, and the hot tub was on ready to use – although we didn’t use it in the end as we were out all day every day.
Needs new pictures taking due to the change around and wear and tear on the place maintained more, and the listing description updating – i.e no toiletries supplied apart from hand soap in the bathroom, now has a TV, hot tub overlooked by neighbour on the hill, apartment upstairs now rented out and therefore shared amenities, washing and drying machines outside back door of upstairs apartment, instructions for how to use the heater in the lounge (we couldn't figure out how to turn it on). Some more small touches and more upkeep would make this place so much better as it has potential to be really lovely, but is only ok in its current state.