We were very disappointed with the apartment and we do not believe this apartment is suitable accommodation when heating is needed.

The heating system is in the wall between the kitchen and the sitting room. The thermostat control for the system is in one of the upstairs apartments so we had no control over the temperature of our own apartment. When the thermostat is set for any sort of reasonable temperature in the other apartment it made our apartment like a sauna it was so hot. The owner kept saying it was because we were Irish and used to the cold which was insulting and untrue, our house is always at 68 degrees at home and we have both travelled extensively.

Additionally, the heating system is extremely loud. We could not sleep when it would turn on and it was so loud we could not hear if our child was crying in the other bedroom. The cover for the gas heating system, which is in the kitchen, is not locked so any child can easily pull it off exposing the hot flames and electrical cables. In contrast, should anything go wrong you cannot turn off the system as the control switch is locked into a plastic box (no key!) which is not safe.

We contacted Radu immediately on the first night about the heating (noise and temperature) and he said that we were being unreasonable. Eventually, he said he would control it and turn it down from his phone and we agreed to this as a compromise, but unfortunately we did not sleep a wink as it was still too hot and too loud. I called again first thing in the morning and he finally agreed to turn off the system and provided us with an electric heater. We thought this was fair as a compromise.

We had two restful nights but then people moved into the apartment upstairs on the fourth night and he turned the heating on again with no warning and he would not turn it off. He broke our agreement. I told him that my wife and child were sick. He said the people upstairs had a heater but were still cold, so we offered to give them our heater that he had given us, and so we told him we left it outside for them. Even though he was in contact with them we do not know why they did not take the heater! Again, we did not sleep a wink.

The next morning we had to move out and try and find accommodation in San Francisco.

At no point did he arrange to meet us to sort out the problem.

Minor Issues:
There were no table and chairs to eat from.
The two lights in the main bedroom did not work when we arrived.
It was advertised as having Comcast, it did not.
The Roku television service did not work.