I at first wondered whether to stay in a hotel or airbnb. I choose the wrong place. This Airbnb apartment looked really new and clean in the pictures but for a 3 nights stay it was $500 more then a good hotel. So at $370/night my expectations were set high. My comments here are in relation to this exorbitant cost. For half the price I would have been very happy staying here.
The first problem is that the apartment was difficult to access. The instructions were not sent until the day I arrived and by that time it was hard for me to easily find and access those instructions.
Then after finally being able to read the instructions to get into the building, the access to the apartment did not initially work as indicated and took about 10 minutes.
Upon entering the building one sees it is old and funky.
Upon entering the apartment one first experiences the smell, which to me, instead of being a clean and fresh smell, seemed to smell of old beer - not sure where it came from - maybe soaked into the mats or couch. This smell was to predominate every time we entered. It made the apartment feel old and dirty. A part of the smell may have come from the old kitchen cupboards.
The apartment looks exactly the same as in the photos - it IS nicely fitted out and painted.
But the couch is dirty and the foam seats have collapsed in places making the couch uncomfortable to sit in.
The beds have clean and soft linen and are comfortable though some might find them too soft.
The towels were a little funky, but ok.
One problem we did have - only one set of keys, and 3 of us, not always wanting to be on the same itinerary.
The hosts leave a bottle of wine - but an exceedingly cheap one which so we didn't open it.
They also leave - 2 individually wrapped mint life-saver sweets on each bed. A total of 4 life savers !!!!!! A cost of around $370 / night. I leave you dear reader to draw your own conclusions.