La casa del barrio

Circuit breaker kept tripping, so lost power when running lights, appliances. Shower door wouldn’t close, so bathroom floor was constantly covered with water. Towels were worn out and stained. Kitchen pans were all scratched and burned.

When people above ran their taps you could hear it, it was so loud you would think they were in the actual apartment.

Where do I start? Firstly, just for context, I’ve never left a negative review before, but our 5 night stay last week was really not very nice at all. This property is definitely NOT worthy of the scores it has on booking.com. Although generally the property was clean on arrival, the towels and bedding were just horrible. Old, hard, discoloured and actually thread bare towels and very old, stiff and bobbly bedding which just left you feeling a bit itchy. Poor quality beds, and a bedside light which was so dangerous we unplugged it. The kitchen was quite well equipped, although everything looked old and a bit grubby. All I really wanted to make was coffee and cereal. There were only two tiny glass bowls, some chipped and very old mugs and a very cheap coffee machine which made lukewarm coffee. The sound proofing was also a major issue. On the first night the people upstairs were running water and the noisy pipe work was so loud that it kept us awake for about two hours. In fact, every single noise from upstairs echoed through the apartment day and night. The tv didn’t work so we couldn’t see any news about the floods that were happening whilst we were there. The furniture in the living room was just old and knackered. If the shower was turned on fully the bathroom flooded. But probably the most annoying thing was that the property was advertised as having parking. It does not have parking. There is public parking nearby but for the five days we stayed, it was virtually impossible to get a nearby parking spot. And for a couple of those days we had to park at the bottom of a very steep hill, which was about a ten minute walk away. Ok the property was cheap but so were many other places nearby. We booked because of the past reviews, the photos and the fact it said it had parking, but wish we’d booked somewhere else. We definitely won’t be returning.

A balcony or somewhere to sit out and enjoy the sunshine