Positives:
Good and prompt communication from hosts, very good location, smooth check in and check out, clean towels and bed sheets, kitchen appliances worked well. Paid Parking was secure, reasonably priced (€38 for 5 days) and within walking distance to the property. We were given helpful information and suggestions by Nerea to visit interesting places in the area. There were plenty of cafes and restaurants very close to the property, one good restaurant was literally downstairs to the building.
Negatives:
We knew it was an old property with quirky things, but we would have liked the place to be cleaner. For example, there was a lot of dust on furniture, floor and behind the beds and behind the bedroom window curtain. The floor rugs were not very clean.
The floor boards in and around the kitchen were very creaky.
There is not much natural light and no outdoor ventilation in the main bedroom, so it smelled musty. We had to always use the exhaust fan in the main bedroom as a way of recycling the air.
The second (smaller) bedroom window was facing the main corridor of the building, so it was in full view of people constantly waking by. Closing the window for privacy led to a dark room with no natural light or ventilation.
There was a water leak from the main bathroom after a shower on our second day, which flooded the en-suite bedroom, and the floor rug in the bedroom. Neria responded promptly after our message, and checked it out with the plumber. The source of water leak was not found and did not happen again during our remaining stay. But the floor rug could not be dried well due to not having direct sunlight in the property and so the bedroom smelled very musty for next two days.
The main bathroom door was not closing fully, so we had to use a basket to stop it from opening during use.
Some furniture including doors, chairs etc looked too old and fragile and we didn’t feel very confident while using them.
On a couple of days during our stay, there was noise and fuel smell from the drills and building works at 8am in the morning.
Overall, we feel that the property and the stay did not meet our expectations, but we were happy with the communication and helpfulness of the hosts.