Let’s start with the positives - great location, albeit at the top of a very long staircase.
Now, the negatives -
The title of the listing brags about its air conditioning, car park, and Netflix - three features that made me book it…
The air conditioning is a portable air con hooked up to the front wall (not what’s claimed as ‘air conditioning throughout), it took the sting off, but the apartment was hotter than the outside night temperature most days even with the air con on high 24/7.
The Netflix account did not work. In fact neither did the wifi (all of the details provided were incorrect) but after contacting the host that was resolved with the new networks and password details, they were unable to resolve the Netflix login details after three days of back and forth however - apparently the password was changed and they don’t know how to retrieve the new password for the entire week of our stay.
The listing says there is a permit to park on surrounding streets, when we arrived we were in fact informed there’s a specific carpark we can use that is about a 7 minute walk away. Once again, we were happy for the carpark, but so far the listing simply didn’t match the reality.
The place is set up with the essentials for a nice stay away, but the hosts unfortunately overlooked important elements. For example there were two rolls of toilet paper for almost a week trip, when I requested more they assured me they would get onto it ASAP, however they never replied when I again asked 12 hours later, so finally more than a day later after waiting for their ‘ASAP delivery’ I had to go out and buy more myself.
The dishwasher is a nice touch, however there aren’t any dishwashing tabs, so it left the dishes unclean, therefore I had to wash by hand, however the air bnb doesn’t have a sponge or wash cloth, so I had to purchase that too just to clean my plate (the dish washer was also left full of dishes upon our arrival)..
Ultimately, had the listing been honest (portable air conditioning, carpark is 7 minute walk away, huge flight of stairs, etc), then we would have been fine and probably still booked it, but I feel like I was lied to and therefore had vastly different expectations of the property which left me feeling disappointed.