The view was truly magnificent and the location exceptional, but unfortunately the appartment wasn’t comfortable. I specifically wrote to the host, asking if the hard rock mattress ( mentioned in previous reviews) had been changed…. She claimed it had, but I found this untrue…it was similar to one other we had slept on during a homestay in a small Peruvian village!!! To make it softer we had to pad it up with 3 layers of doonas we found in the wardrobe… all heavily stained. Yuk!
The couch, apart from being an eye sore, was just solid springs without padding. The shower didn’t have enough hot water for 2 people, even if according to the host’s instructions, you waited 10 min between showers for the water to heat up again. The walls were blank apart from one gaudy picture hanging above the bed slab. There were other pictures, but none of them were hung on the walls, just leaning against the walls.
The parking space was extremely awkward to drive a car into. Luckily my husband was able to skilfully manage this each time, but the slope of the driveway was so steep that the underbelly of the car was scraped badly each time we drove out onto the street.
All of the above is so disappointing because this appartment truly has the potential to be so much more. I guess I knew from other guests’ reviews to expect some of the above, but honestly, how many more times does this host need to hear these complaints about basic expectations of most Air BnB guests , before she finally gets motivated to do something about it?