Fabulous Central Apartment Helsinki

Great location, easy to walk to the center. The quarter was quite quiet, and has some nice restaurants and supermarkets. In the kitchen, you had many utensils and even salt and spices, if you want to cook.

They forgot, that we were three persons, so no sheets and towels were available for the third person. After several messages from my side, we got such, over 24 hours later though. Some other minor things which could be improved: In the bedroom there is only one duvet for two persons. No darkening curtains available. The windows also let all sounds trough, so that in the mornings, you hear the cars passing on the paving stones very clearly. The shower could use a shower curtain because it was impossible not to make the floor (and the washing machine ...) wet.

The apartment was clean, corresponded to the description. There was an elevator in the building. It is a residential building so it was very quiet. Location was good - you need to walk around 20 min to get to the touristy parts, but there is also a tram / bus option. The living room + kitchen can be separated by a curtain to give privacy to the guest staying in the living room.

It was a bit difficult to collect the keys to the apartment - the keys were in a lock outside of the property and the code given was incorrect. We contacted the owners via Booking but we actually "guessed" the code by trying different combinations before any other intervention was needed. So as a tip to the owner, please double check the code you provide to the guests to avoid this. We were three guests and one stayed on the sofa bed in the living room, while two of us were squeezing on the small bed in the bedroom. The bed is really small for two people, so watch out if you need comfort. The duvet is also quite small for two - we are also very tall, so we had to use the blankets from the wardrobe. The shower could use a shower curtain because it was impossible not to make the floor wet. Ultimately this was a good place to stay at and we would return, these are just some recommendations for improvement.

The location is great. The size of the apartment is good. It is an okay value for the price.

More blankets or duvets and better cushions. The duvet for the double is small for two persons. Cleaning more profoundly: dirty curtains, broken curtains, bathroom.

The apartment is a great substitute for a hotel room. It's spacious and for us as a family of 3 it was a perfect option. We enjoyed the apartment as if we were home. Everything we needed was available. Definitely a good location to explore the city, the centre is within walking distance and there is good acces to public transportation.

No negative issues.

Very good position close to a supermarket open until midnight on workdays and an excellent coffee shop (Kulma Kahvila) which offers a delicious breakfast.

We booked this place because we needed some space to leave our car for three days and, unfortunately, it does not offer it as it says. The description of the apartment is not true as there is only the possibility to park along the road in the super expensive (and very challenging to find) public parking spots. Plus, the host is not entirely honest about this as he first avoided to answer the question when we booked this place. Then he said that the parking is free, but only from 6 or 9 pm in the night; alternatively we could park for free about 30 min by foot from the flat or in a shopping mall in the outskirts of Helsinki, which is crazy to say the least. Had we known this in advance, we would have immediately canceled the reservation. Beside this crucial issue, the apartment is not fabulous at all as it is written. Cleanliness is questionable, since there's dust everywhere, the kitchen is sticky, the table is stained, the oven was in an awful condition, and plates and glasses needed to be thoroughly washed before use. Plus, there were things left from the previous hosts around the house. The bathroom was not clean at all as there was hair in the shower, as it is evident from the picture. Attention to the details is non-existent. There was only one big towel for each, no rug in the bathroom, one roll of toilet paper for 3 people staying for 3 days. There were no toiletries (just one big brown bottle in the shower without any label). The curtains in the living room were falling off from their clips (one of them was on the floor) and the clothes hanger in the entrance is broken. The "third bed" cannot be called like that, since one of us had to sleep on a sofa for 3 nights. Despite all of this, the host pretends that the apartment is left in impeccable conditions and that some cleaning is done before leaving, in spite of the fact that the final cleaning is included in the price that we paid.

When we booked this apartment-we was interested in free car parking. But it was not true!!! Car parking was for fee, free parking was 25 min by walk from apartment!!! After when we said it to owner he changed this info in booking! But did not return money to us as we wish because he said not true!!! The apartment was durty. Even on the balcony was trash in the busket!!!

Everything was ok.