Suggest reading fine print and reviews thoroughly before booking. Description says no laundry or ensuite; doesn’t mention internal stairs. Need to read closer to see no wifi, aircon, hairdryer or shampoo.
Building nicely located; view from balcony pleasant; ample storage for clothes; comfortable bed but creaks when you move. Nowhere to hang towels or to sit and eat or write except balcony. At least one review notes the host had another guest make up the reviewer’s room – this happened to me too. Reviews show host doesn’t take kindly to negative feedback.
Ask up front: how to get into building; which floor flat is on; where room and bathroom are; how many others staying at same time and in which rooms; host’s movements (in her words she is ‘very, very, very rarely home’); where tea (other than green) and cups are kept; how to work the television; rules or expectations for use of other facilities; what to do if lift doesn’t work.
Do read up as I wish I had known or realised all this.