4/10 – Matig
maarten j.
4 nov 2017
Too expensive for what you get
We spend 6 nights with 7 people here. We were not very impressed although there are some positive points.
The appartment is spacious. The kitchen is big enough for 7 people. There is no real living room, just a couch for appr. 3 or 4 people in the biggest bedroom. This means you sit at the table or go to bed. I think however with a smaller group one of the beds will be set up as a couch albeit in a different room.
The location is not very impressive, on the edge of a so-so neighborhood looking out over a busy crossing. Parking is free but in the evening to find a parking spot might take some driving around. On the plus side, two bus lines stop in front of the house providing a connection to the central train station and several subway stations. And there are a few fast food joints and a budget Lidl supermarket in the direct surroundings. If you bring or rent bikes they can be parked in the communal court yard.
Still, the appartment has some real flaws. Wifi is a complete joke with close to zero bandwidth. Count on using your own data plan or go without internet.
In the kitchen you’ll be looking for a microwave oven that’s not there (in all fairness it wasn’t listed either but for the rate this place is going for it should be there). And even the electric water cooker was broken so no quick cup of tea for renters here.
There is a washing machine but no dryer and also no place or device to hang any clothes to dry. So lots of wet towels hanging on the backs of chairs etc which makes it somewhat of a youth hostal experience. Although it sleeps seven people there were not enough decent pillows for seven. One wooden old bed is very noisy when you move as much as an arm and another (converted sofa) bed has a uncomfortable spring down the middle.
In the kitchen the chairs have no felt under the chair legs to soften noises and there are loads of very creaky floorboards causing the downstairs neighbour to complain without us doing anything inconsiderate.
All in all not a place we would return to.
maarten j.
7 nachten verbleven in oktober 2017