Host & Stay - The Municipal View Abode

A very confusing system. Picking keys up from a newspaper agent felt abit dodgy and wasn't a good start to the stay

The directions on Google maps led us to the back of the building and there was no signs to show that was the place to go. We were wondering around for ages trying to figure out if it was the right place as no clear signage and the back alley looked dodgy too. And when we did get in there was different entrances to different places with no signs to say where the apartments were. Once in however the stay was lovely.

Perfect location for our stay. Apartment was spacious and clean and had everything we needed.

I think the check in is silly! We was not informed that we had to retrieve keys from a shop!

It was very homely and welcoming with super comfy beds. The location was perfect.

It was just a minor detail but the cutlery draw and the one below could do with a deep clean there was bits of crumbs and dirty cutlery.

The apartment was lovely once we got access to it, nice city views and very modern.

*Firstly too many emails from two different host names (Charlie and Lizette), Then a change of location from the original pick up at a newsagents, so we had to negotiate one way streets in rush hour to locate a lock box. There was no garage door opener with the keys so we couldn't gain access to the garage. Confusing instructions for the apartment building as the name Municipal abode has nothing whatsoever to do with the actual building the apartment is in. Phoned the help line and a lovely young women tried to help. Finally got into the correct building and apartment, and another garage user took pity on us and gave us the code for the garage otherwise we wouldn't have been able to get into the garage. We put the keys back in the lock box as per instructions on the back of the apartment door, and then got asked why we hadn't returned them to the newsagents! Sort your instructions out!

Modern and clean

The dishwasher needed cleaning - it was very smelly when we arrived because the filter had not been emptied

Lovey layout, balcony was brilliant views fantastic

Bit hard to find when your at it no real signs telling you where apartment is it was sort of guessing game as it was dark when we arrived at front gate

it’s a spacious apartment in a perfect location. it has the basics for a longer holiday, such as washing machine, dishwasher, etc

our main issue is the constant noise from an aircon or something similar in one of the neighboring buildings. you can’t have the windows open at night because it is so noisy. there is also noise coming from the cupboard, we assume the electricity? the windows are another point: they offer fantastic views over the cityscape but the blinds are really a pain: they are too heavy to lift, get stuck, some are already broken, and even if you get them all up, which is very hard work, they are so heavy that they tilt under their own weight. there are three tvs in the flat altogether, but we could only get one of them to work, the other two weren’t even connected to the wifi, and when i wanted to put in the wifi address, it wouldn’t accept it because it was too long…. the kitchen is sparsely equipped (nothing to peel veggies with except a knife), and someone left the wrong capsules for the coffeemaker, which meant that at our first attempt at coffee the capsule exploded and there was coffee everywhere. the other capsules were all decaf, thanks very much. when we arrived, the kitchen had been half-wiped: there were still crumbs and stains on the counter, and there was a wet towel on top of the washing machine. also, when we lifted the curtains in the bedroom, there was a layer of dust behind them - especially unhealthy in a bedroom - noone had obviously not vacuumed the floor behind the curtains for months! considering the hefty price, this is clearly not good enough!