This apartment checks a lot of important boxes. Rui is a good host (responsive and helpful when possible) and the location is fantastic. While overall we had a very nice stay, there are a few things we wish we’d known before booking.
For one, the photos used here on Airbnb are extremely inaccurate.
They appear to be old stock images from a time before the current owner lived in the apartment. Decor, furniture, layout, and even color scheme are completely different now to the point where it’s borderline unrecognizable aside from the physical layout of the rooms of the apartment itself. The current setup isn’t bad, it’s just clearly much more lived in.
The fact that Rui chooses not to charge a cleaning fee is a huge plus, which we appreciated. That being said, he did claim to have a “professional cleaner”, who we, after staying there, would refer to more as an amateur.
Only other downside was the lack of a dresser or any space to unpack into, which we were obviously able to work around but would have been nice.