Irene's place is quite difficult to find as it is in the old part of town with many narrow cross-crossing lanes. We had to do our own research as to exactly where to park our car. From the public parking lots, we walked 500m to the property
Unfortunately we did not meet Irene as she said she was out of town. She gave instructions as to where she left the house keys but we had trouble getting into the courtyard from the street. I tried calling Irene on the phone to see how we can get in but nobody picked up the call. We waited quite a while for somebody to leave the property and got in. The courtyard is very beautiful. There are no elevators so we had to lug our luggage to the second floor.
The toilet/shower upstairs was out of order and Irene only told us when we were almost there. She gave us option to find alternative accommodation but we were already there when we got the message. There are 3 bedrooms (2 upstairs) in the house but most of them have no windows. The spiral staircase leading upstairs is very steep and narrow so it's difficult if you have a big luggage (the hard type) or if you have a knee problem. Imagine having to go down and up to use the bathroom downstairs. The bathroom downstairs is attached to the room so there is no privacy for the one staying downstairs.