Beware ! No air conditioning. This is my first Airbnb experience. I have been abroad many, many times but I have never been abroad without air conditioning and took this as an essential like running water. I accept I / my secretary should have checked but it is like checking if a house in England has heating. Eg it is an essential item that never needs checking. It was our fault for not checking. Trying to stay cool was a nightmare. There was one bedroom with an oversized noisy ceiling fan and then there was 2 portable, cheap quality portable fans. One of which was broken and useless and the other one was on it's last legs. So technically 2 fans for the entire house. We got fed up of dragging the one fan around with us and ended up sitting at the front window inches from the neighbour across the street. Sadly there was no respite on the roof as there was no shade, there were no sombrero / umbrella to get out of the sun. The back yard area was just a scorching oven as it was surround by 3 tall walls and became a suntrap.
The flat was clean and as per the pictures although the pictures do make it look much larger than it is. The host was good at communication. The flat was clean but in desperate need of updating. The furniture was tired and uninviting. The leather sofas were sticky, worn and need replacing. The beds were cheap IKEA melamine frames and uncomfortable cheap mattresses. The bedding was clean but tired and dated unless you like flowers. The bedding was not as shown in the photo's. The chairs in the lounge loose and wobbly. The glazed doors were difficult to open - it was a good job we had a handyman who used a knife to open them everyday. The location was good but the parking was expensive and tricky. We got two tickets, one for being confused with times and another for being just 14 mins late so beware, the traffic warden are on the case.
The property needs air conditioning, there is barely any through breeze as it is surrounded by other baking hot buildings. If it had a paint job throughout and most of the furniture was changed and the broken tiles replaced and door handles, hinges and trims were fixed then it would be satisfactory but not remarkable. If the tatty lobby / stairs were improved in terms of tiles, lighting, handrails, filth then it would be acceptable for older people too.
There are better value for money stays in similar properties, however, unless you use a kitchen, I think an air conditioned hotel is a much nicer experience and actually cheaper. There is a 4 star hotel nearby for the same price for two rooms and that included breakfast and free parking and of course AIR CONDITIONING !