Fantastic location and the place is clean and pretty nice. Few issues with the room and process which made us feel like the hosts were dishonest:
- the wall between the two “bedrooms” does not reach the ceiling so it is more like two cubicles (not shown in pictures)
- the lamps in the bedroom aren’t plugged in and don’t have a power point so they are redundant
- the shower handle was broken which meant we couldn’t move the dial so we had cold showers (host said they were already aware of this, but failed to let us know in advance)
- there was an alarm in the entry way that went off the entire time we visited
- the whole check in process was weird: the hosts kept texting us for details on what time we would arrive and then only after booking, told us that there would be a “late fee” if we checked in after 10pm. They included information about needing to give us a “fob” at check in etc that we would return. Turns out the place doesn’t have a fob but a code to enter the building and apartment - so the “late fee” is literally for nothing because we didn’t even need to meet anyone for check in. This was particularly strange and felt dishonest - there was no need for the host to check us in as they could just tell us the code (which is what ended up happening anyway because, after telling them my flight details twice, they told me they weren’t “in the area” when we went to check in)
Tip for host: don’t be dishonest. Show us that it isn’t 2 bedrooms but 1 bedroom with a partition between; don’t add on late fees for a weird check in procedure and lie about needing a fob or a set of keys when it’s just a code; don’t show photos of lamps in the room that you literally can’t use; and ease your on the text messages, it’s really annoying