Where to start.
Cleanliness :
Basically woman’s hair was present all over the flat. In addition to that, whenever the neighbour was cooking, the flat would end up extremely smelly having an old ventilated system connecting both flats.
Description accuracy:
The host made sure to warn us numerous times that the flat was at the fifth floor and that there was no lift. But she completely forgot to mention the constant noise coming from the street because of a lack of proper windows which made earplugs a mandatory necessity if one would like to sleep at night.
Communication:
The host made sure to reply back to all of our messages but completely ignored the message/complaint mentioning the horrible noise coming from the street which made the first night terrible.
Adding to that, the host was at the other side of the globe, and once we really needed her to help us out having the heaters not working anymore for the whole night, she couldn’t do anything as she couldn’t be physically present.
Value:
It is just not worth the price. Yes the location is good being next to a subway station. Yes the flat has a certain style which can be charming. But the cleanliness issues, the constant noise due to old windows, the lack of proper heaters, the smell, the lack of a direct contact being physically present when really needed, the flat and its building being really old, just makes this flat completely overpriced.
I was attracted by the flat’s pictures and its potential charm but I should have gone for the 4 stars hotel which cost 10£ more per night.