Do not stay here. The apartment is in a nice area and is within walking distance to bars and restaurants. And the the check-in was smooth. But overall the owner and the owner’s cat made our stay very unpleasant.

The owner seemed nice enough at first but he turned overbearing and patronizing. He texted us multiple times during our stay reminding us to follow the “House Rules.” (He always capitalized House Rules as if they were scripture.) He expected us to do the laundry, make the beds, and clean the entire place for his next guests. This, despite charging us a cleaning fee. Two weeks after our departure, the owner returned from overseas and started badgering us via email about leaving the place dirty. (His evidence was a curtain on the ground, glasses in the sink and cat litter strewn about – none of which seems like that big of a deal anyway.) Another guest came in the same day that we left and stayed for several days after us, so I’m not sure why the owner assumed that the “mess” he encountered was ours. His multiple emails were patronizing and a little unhinged. He said over and over that he was “disappointed in us” and urged us to “just tell me what happened.” It was just odd. I wondered if his life is consumed by perceived slights and injustices.

Then there was the cat, Remus. He was a very sweet cat, and we loved him. He slept in our bed at night. But he also made our stay very difficult. Despite cleaning the litter box multiple times a day, Remus routinely pooped in the bathtub, not the litter box. Every day, we had to scoop his “present” from the tub before showering. And he meowed constantly at night, keeping my wife up for hours during a week in which she was attending an important conference.

Again, the location was great, and the owner seems like an otherwise nice guy, but this was not worth having to deal with all the crap. (Quite literally, in many instances.)