Phil's communication at the beginning was brilliant, and when we arrived at the apartment we couldn't believe what a beautiful, well-decorated place it was. Unfortunately our trip went a bit downhill from there.
On arrival all windows were open in the middle of December which we thought was strange. We closed them all thinking nothing of it, but then woke up to the strong smell of gas in the apartment the next morning and bad headaches. At 31 weeks pregnant this was not ideal and we had to leave and re-allocate. When I messaged Phil about this he said it was normal and to light some candles to cover up the smell which was very concerning!
Some other key things to know about the accommodation apart from that:
- there's no free wardrobe space so you can't hang your clothes up
- damp in the bathroom and one of the bedrooms
- no blinds in one of the bedrooms so don't expect a lie in!
- the apartment wasn't particularly clean, we found hairs on the bedsheets