I hesitate to write a mixed review, because I'm sure this place will work really well for most people. Overall, the location is excellent, and it has all the basics (it's not a luxury apartment, even though that word is used many times in the description). Renata was very kind as well. Those were the things we really liked. And Budapest is a beautiful city.
Here were our frustrations:
1. Every single window faces a walkway (not a busy one, but still). It's hard to leave windows to the bedroom open at night when someone can walk by and see you. This was a surprise to us. It was really hot, so we were happy that 3 fans were provided.
2. The showers don't seem to drain particularly well.
3. We were given 4 big towels for 4 people. That generally works, but as I mentioned, the showers didn't drain particularly well, and there's only half a wall for the showers...and we have kids...so it got a bit wet in the bathroom. Of course, we want to clean that up to be good tenants, but there were no towels to do so, unless we wanted to use one of our own bath towels.
4. The washer broke down with our clothes in it. I always make sure to rent a place with a working washer, so this was frustrating. Renata was kind enough to come the next day and check it out (she hung our clothes, too, as we weren't there), but by then, our clothes had sat in dirty water for 24 hours and some of it didn't come out too clean.
5. The location on the map was listed right on Jokal terrace, but the actual location is about 250 meters away. Is that a big deal? Maybe not. But why not just list the location where it actually is?
This may sound like a lot of complaining. I guess my expectations were higher based on the reviews and the description. And I would hope that the washer doesn't break for each renter, so hopefully that's not a problem for most people.