We stayed at Maria's place for about 3 months. Communication with Maria was good both via email and mobile phone.

The apartment was as described and as per photos. Having two bathrooms was very handy with 3 young children. But the showers took getting use to since you had to hold the shower head to wash yourself, there was no shower head holder on the wall to hang it - this made hair washing interesting.

My husband and I enjoyed the fast internet while our kids enjoyed the array of T.V programs. We brought a DVD player and Maria reimbursed us which was great.

The kitchen had most things we needed but we did have to go and buy things including a dish rack and veggie peeler to make home cooking easier. Maria brought a new microwave to us within the first 2 weeks which we appreciated.

The apartment is in a good location with a bakery across the street, a MAS a block away and lots of other shops close by. Lidl is about 10-15 minutes walk. The circular bus a couple of blocks away and a walk into town is about 30-40 minutes depending on whether you take a direct or meandering route.