Re the flat: Pros: Clean; great location. Cons: It does not have “two full baths” as stated. There is 1 toilet in the flat. We were 6 adults – *one* toilet. (“Shower room” has only tiny sink & small shower) - both showers have @17 inch max opening. Washer is in the hall closet w/heavy autoclose door that has to be held open w/your body while loading & unloading the washer. Before you can do that, the closet has to be emptied of mops, buckets, canister vac, drying rack, ironing board bc they block access to the washer. Nowhere to put these things but the hall, where they block access to the front door & bedrms. Poor quality linens & @70% of fixtures/furnishings are Ikea. Now I like Ikea which is why I recognize the stuff but we’re not talking about high-end furnishings here – this is not a well appointed luxury flat.
Re the host BHH: A lot of trouble making the booking, made worse by repeated crickets when I asked for info/assistance. Finally got a booking in place & was told that 30 days before arrival I’d get check-in info, instr for final pmt, etc. No info by 25 days out, so emailed– then got an auto “away on vacation” reply w/no other POC. Left a voice msg asking she contact me as soon as she was back in the office. She did not. Had to chase her down daily for most of the wk after she got back (now our arrival was @2 weeks away) – no ack from her that she dropped the ball, or any sense of urgency to finalize the booking as should have been done before her vacation.