I wish this was a 5 star review but sadly not. Flat was clean as expected but this is the bare minimum expectation for a pricey airbnb listing.
1. A badly wall mounted lamp nearly fell on our head. No apology here from owner.
2. The bed was creaking quite a lot and broke (quite literally the legs went underneath as it was a cheap one and bed legs came off totally!) super dangerous as my partners back only twinged but nothing serious thankfully. Owner offered to send someone immediately but this was at 9pm (not what you want on holiday) so we refused this as we were tired and just sleep on the mattress. They came to fix it the following day. Again, no apology 🤷‍♂️the owner is now implying we broke it somehow but its impossible for us to do so, as the legs of the bed were attached inside a fabric underneath the bed.
3. Too many 'rules' and 'dos and donts' and how much the fine will be)(€80 if you dirty the sheets) around the house that make you feel like being in a boarding school rather than a holiday.
4. The flat lets a lot of natural light in due to there being two mini 'windows' high up in the wall which is great during the day but one of them is right above your head so when the sun rises at 5am, you're woken up. Bring an eye mask as I struggled to sleep well.
5. The ceiling and flooring is paper thin and just our luck that we had noisy flats above and below us, we complained about this too. You can hear everything so its not a peaceful sleep. Bring ear plugs.
6. There is a washing machine but no washing powder so we bought detergent and left it behind there. This has never been an issue in flats we stayed in before.
7. We're very clean people anyway but what felt like overtly aggressive (leave this or that clean or there'll be a fine) felt unsettling.
We requested a partial refund but none given. Very disappointed as this had very high reviews.b