Arrived at Sleep & Co and checked in easily. We messaged the host about bedding for the couch bed as there wasn’t any to be found in the apartment but never got a response. We had just messaged a few hours prior asking to check in earlier and got a reply but never got a reply about the bedding for the entire week. We had no choice but to go buy bedding including sheets, a duvet cover, pillows and pillow cases. Over the afternoon we started to notice how poorly cleaned the place was. Dishes and cutlery were wet and had food on them in the drawers. The scrubbing brush provided was full of hair. The top of the dryer was covered in something sticky, assuming it was the detergent. The couch had a lot of crumbs in it. The grossest part was the shower; the drain was full of hair which meant the shower couldn’t drain properly at all. It meant we had to have showers no longer than 5 minutes as the water would overflow out of the shower and onto the bathroom floor.
There was a lot missing that was said to be included in the listing. We noticed quickly there were no towels. There were also no cutting boards in the kitchen, only 2 toilet rolls for 3 of us for the whole 8 days + the bedding already mentioned. This meant we had to go out in the evening after a long day of travelling to buy towels, bedding, chopping boards, toilet paper and scrubbing brushes. We are also on a budget so buying these extra things does add up for us.
Things that weren’t as big of a deal but still could’ve been better we’re a couple of the lights were out so made the rooms a lot darker and the wifi cut out completely a few times. The slats on the right hand side of the bed also kept falling out just by sitting or lying on the bed. One of us also had to sleep on the couch in the lounge where the blinds where just privacy blinds not blackout which meant it was very light early in the morning.
Towards the end of the stay we had a look through the reviews to see if people had previously had a similar experience as us. One was written just last month where they also found the apartment dirty and communication was poor. Sleep & Co replied saying that majority of what she was stating wasn’t true however it was hard to believe when we had just gone through a similar experience.
As the place is located close to a main road it is very noisy most of the night obviously as expected. We managed but wouldn’t recommend to someone who doesn’t appreciate noise very much. There was also a lot of noise in the room above us most nights. Sounded like they were rearranging the whole place at around 10pm-12am.
The one good thing we appreciated about the apartment was the location. Bus stops are right outside with main busses stopping at those stops.
The place did have potential but didn’t feel like it was looked after or cared about. Unfortunately probably wouldn’t stay here again.