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Nice people to deal with. There when you need them.
When the winter was as cold as it was a back heater is necessary.

Dobré

AVOID THIS HOST AT ALL COST

Accommodation was actually great, I stayed for my Erasmus, 4 months total.

In the beginning everything went smoothly, good communication.

But later, I learned that the host was applying unlawful control of my privacy, deducting whether people came to my flat to sleep or not and asked for extra unjistified charges. Without talking about the fact he charged me for every furniture.

This made me feel unsafe in this accomodation, while still paying a fair price.

I was in my contractual right to shorten my stay, but the host didn’t accept it and took it badly.

After that he took everything I tried to communicate personnaly or badly and decided not to answer anymore.

I had to contact flatio and communicate trough them only to get somme assistance.

At the end he didn’t want to reimburse anything, flatio had to reimburse me and take actions with the owner.

The flat per se is good, flatio’s service is good. But avoid this host at any cost.

Although the apartment was nice, communication with the Landlord was incredibly hard

It was an ok place to live an Erasmus.

Position good

The location is excellent, at the exact centre of Budapest, with lots of public transportation options nearby, and generally anything you might need around it. It felt appropriate for shorter-term stays, where one would like to explore Budapest and be able to go around easily, but for longer-term stays or working from home for many hours, I would personally think that something more spacious and with a bit more natural light would be more appropriate.

The host was very kind and accommodative. There were a few issues upon move-in, e.g. with the washing machine not working properly, but the host offered to address them promptly -- I guess these things can happen, if previous guests hadn't been using it or didn't report the issue.

The owners of this apartment are kind people and were initially quite welcoming. However, as time went on they were negligent and this resulted in a very uncomfortable three months. We lived with a daily infestation of mosquitoes (20+ mosquitoes) due to cracks in the doors and windows that needed tending to. The paint on the ceiling began to fall off, the fans emitted a chemical smell and the heater failed to work once it got cold. All of this would not be an issue if there were technicians that were sent to assist in these matters, but nothing was ever done about it. It was even more frustrating as we were caring for our baby and trying to make sure he had enough heat and wasn’t constantly being bitten by mosquitoes. I would not recommend renting from them for anyone. The only pluses are that they decorated the apartment beautifully and it’s spacious / centrally located in Giovinazzo. Otherwise, you will be living uncomfortably and without assistance.

HOST'S REPLY:
We are frankly astonished by this 1.5-star review, as it presents a distorted version of the facts and unfairly questions our professionalism.

From the very first week of their stay, the guests lost the apartment keys, creating a serious inconvenience and a security concern. Despite being away at a wedding, we immediately activated our contacts and arranged for a new set of keys to be delivered within a few hours. This is not negligence — it is prompt and responsible action.

During their stay, there was also a general power outage affecting the entire town. This was entirely beyond our control. Nevertheless, we contacted the local authorities to gather information and kept the guests informed. Once again, we acted proactively and responsibly.

Regarding the heating: the apartment’s heating system was already set to a normal high temperature appropriate for winter conditions. However, this was apparently considered insufficient. As a consequence, the air conditioning system was operated continuously, 24 hours a day, in heating mode. Running such a system non-stop inevitably led to overheating and a noticeable burning smell. This was not due to a malfunction of our heating system, but to the extreme and continuous use of the air conditioning unit.

It is also important to clarify that the apartment is located in a 15th-century historic building, with ceilings up to six meters high. Expecting to maintain a constant indoor temperature of 25°C in such a structure during winter is unrealistic. The attempt to reach that temperature resulted in excessive energy consumption and significant humidity buildup, which ultimately caused mold damage.

For this reason, immediately after the guests’ departure, we had to send professionals to repair the damage. This proved necessary, as the apartment was left in poor condition. The professional cleaning company we hired reported serious hygiene issues, including bed sheets left soiled with a child’s vomit. These are documented facts, not subjective impressions.

We understand that traveling to a new country with a newborn can be stressful. However, stress does not justify damaging a property, misusing equipment, or publicly portraying the hosts as negligent.

We stand by the quality of our property and by the way we handled this situation. Future guests are invited to consider all aspects of what occurred before forming their own judgment.

Very nice location. The washer and dryer are not in-unit, they are on the first floor of the building.

Average experience, surely way too expensive for what is given.
More than €800 for a room in a shared apartment with 3 other people, with just one bathroom, 30 minutes away from the city centre (by public transport), is not worth it.
Additionally, the kitchen is cluttered with unnecessary junk that should be stored elsewhere. With "junk" I mean piles of wooden panels stored even under the kitchen table. The pictures in the listing, obviously, do not show that.
As for the check-in, the owner wasn't there, which is totally fine, but what isn't is that the person she charged with handing me the keys came two hours late, never answered my phone calls and showed me my room still messy.
Clearly, not everything is bad; the room was well equipped with furniture and comfortable. The owner recently replaced the old kitchen furniture; now the fridge is bigger and has freezer storage for everybody.
The neighbourhood isn't touristy at all, so no noise during the night and quite well equipped with supermarkets, restaurants, bakeries and a swimming pool nearby.

Good location. Good host - very responsive. Apartment in 4th floor w/o lift and not having dishwasher were the only downsides

The room was quite big, the kitchen had a steamer, mixer, quite big fridge, but unfortunately no oven, which may be problematic with longer stays. The shared bathroom was great, but the private shower was a little bit moldy. I really enjoyed the balcony view.

Unfortunately, the host gave me the most uncomfortable housing experience in my life.
At first, he was very helpful, he showed me around, even prepared food for me. This behaviour ended when he started being touchy and I declined his two propositions of intimate relationship. He did not let me have a guest in my room for three days, even if, according to the lease, that was my right. When I left the apartment for a week to visit my family, he messaged me wanting to end our contract through flatio, he wanted me to pay him rent in cash instead. When I did not respond to the messages, he kept sending me three to four harmful and unrespectful messages a day; “You dont deserve it. No relationship professional or anything. I will be just waiting the last day for you to leave from my apartment”; “And why do you stay your maximum as one more month anyway!? Dont you have any self respect and self value!” -that’s just an example of texts he sent me. After that, he messaged me saying that I have to move out in three days or he will search through my room with the police. Finally, when I was leaving that place, he threatened me that, if I left him a negative comment on Flatio, he would go to immigration office and report that I stole his address for my residence permit application (in the end, I did not use this adress). I would like to highlight that his only reason for that behaviour was me not responding to his proposition, which seems a little extreme.
Throughout my stay there the host went from adoring me to hatred and complete disrespect towards me. I would not recommend staying there under any circumstances.

room was really small but the owner was fine.

The flat is spacious and is in a really nice location.
However, the flat is not well kept and it was increadibly dirty when I moved in. The landlords expected me to clean the mess of other flatmates and was rude to me when I moved out. To note I left the appartment in better condition then when I arrived, so for me its unclear why they wanted put the responsability of the space messiness on me.
So in general if you are looking for an affordable, central place for a short term I can recommend you staying there. Just be expected to lower your standards of cleaniness and support from the landlord.

The apartment is in a perfect location. It would be nice to have a vacuum cleaner in the apartment. If the kitchen had been a little more equipped, the apartment would have been excellent.

We had some problems with the beds. Everything was solved the day after, but the reaction of the staff (not the reception and the cleaning group) was not the best.

The flat was as described. The host was a nightmare to get a hold.

Overall, the stay was okay. It was centrally located right above a supermarket which was great. The host was communicative majority of the time and was kind enough to accommodate a late check-out for us. However, the stay lacked the love and attention which I’ve come to appreciate in home stays. For example, it was listed to have washing machine, but there was barely enough detergent for one load. So we restocked it for her. We stayed almost a week with 3 guests noted and there were only two rolls of toilet paper provided, no paper towel, no shower essentials etc. so we also restocked all of that.

One of the bedrooms and the main living room had no lightbulbs, so we often sat in poorly lit rooms at night. Also, the cleaning agent that was used upon our arrival was SO strong, it made a couple of us super nauseous the first night (I don’t fault the owner for this, but it could be nice to use less toxic cleaning supplies moving forward).

Overall, grateful for the location but also it is important to know that there were a lot of homeless people/ drug users in the area which made us feel slightly uncomfortable at some points as they actively followed us and yelled in the streets at different points in the trip.

Nice neighbourhood and appartement is fine, but nightmare landlord. Completely irresponsive prior to moving in. Didn't pay the gas bill on time leaving us without hot water or a stove for a month. Then the following month she asks for a 5000 czk rent increase, so I had to move out much earlier than I expected. Nice flatmates though.

The house was nice on the surface but needed some serious renovations. For the lack of better words the place was disintegrating. With some simple renovations the place would have been excellent. The owner said he would fix the things that were lacking, though, so if they are fixed the place is excellent. The bedroom mattress and a bug problem were the main concerns for us among smaller issues. The area is lovely. When we first arrived we thought the area looks desolate but after a couple of days (and even the same evening) we found that no, there's plenty of life and restaurants and small shops even. There's a farmers market once a week which I definitely recommend going to. Super nice food and super nice people. There's a really nice beach just a short walk away as well which was awesome. Also the pictures don't do the place justice - The view was stunning. Gorgeous. I loved to watch the sea and mountains. Also the place itself looks more open and bigger and there's waaaaaay more light than in the pictures. The owner was really nice. My wife would have given 4/10 but I decided to give it a 5/10.

Celkově pokoj byl pěkný, čistý a nový, kdyby normálně fungovala klimatizace a výtah, a nebylo by tak rušno přes noc, tak hodnotila bych ubytování na 9.

We stayed for one month in the apartment. It was a big and nice apartment in a great location (right in the center of Alfama, only a few minutes walk from amazing viewpoints over Lisbon, bars, and restaurants). Diana was very nice and helpful in communication. One time, we had a problem with the WiFi, and Diana arranged a technician to come quickly to fix the issue.

However, and I'm aware this has nothing to do with Diana or the apartment itself, we had several big cockroaches during the whole stay (every few days) and a lot of baby cockroaches (almost every day) in the apartment's bathroom and kitchen area.

Besides that, we enjoyed our stay.

During the European Heatwave of June 2025, we were torn between keeping the windows open to let the air in (which includes the stench of garbage and piss from the streets below). There are many vagrants smoking crack, weed, and cigarettes right below the balcony and bedroom windows.

In the listing, it says "mobile airconditioner" but it is just a standard desk fan in addition to the two wall mounted fans. Needless to say, it was extremely hot in the apartment both in the day and night times.

Other than that, it was a decent apartment if you can get over these things.

The place was dirty upon arrival and needed to be cleaned (washing dirty sheets, trash under furniture etc.) black mold can be found in multiple places (mattress, bathroom, kitchenette). The kitchenette is sufficient for small-scale cooking, but is missing some crucial items (butter knives etc). The appartment itself though is pretty good - decently sized, with little traffic noice, stays cool during the summer, smells nice, has a great shower and includes two TVs. The host communicates well.