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The apartment is modern and equipped with everything you need and is very spacious. It is located by the ocean with great access to the city centre (20 minutes walk or 5 minutes by bus). The bus stop is right across the street.
My favorite part of our stay was relaxing in the comfortable chairs on the balcony and listening to the sound of the ocean.
I would definitely recommend visiting São Miguel and staying at José’s apartment. If I go to Ponta Delgada again, I will gladly stay at José's apartment again.
I am pleased to share my feedback for future tenants, as follows:
Pros:
- Great location, with 2 supermarkets within a 7 minute walk away, plus coffee shop and bars
- Residential environment
- ATM machines in both local supermarkets
- Beautiful, spacious apartment
- Well equipped kitchen with basic essentials and lots of storage space
- Ample fridge and freezer space
- Very large room with wardrobe space, chairs and dedicated desk separate from sleeping area
- Private balcony with table and chairs
- Clothes airers provided
- Excellent wifi connectivity
Cons:
- Closest train station 18 minute walk away
Overall, a wonderful place to stay - I would definitely stay again. Thanks Liliana!
HOST'S REPLY:
1. The apartment is totaly located in heart of Budapest so what tenant says thats 20-30 min from centre is simple unfair fact. Next to Szent Istvan korut and Westend 5-13 th district is centre of Historical Budapest
2. Old house - Thats a prestigious neighourhood, the building is monumental, beautiful statues
as you can see on fotos
3. The building is quiet because expatriots and old retirement persons live there
4. Tenant ruined the curtain she pulled it down and I need to ask handyman and I covered it and i did not charge her.
5. I dropped her to airport at 3 am, for free.
The house is incredibly cozy. Every inch of the house has been thoughtfully designed. We found everything needed for everyday life: dishes, appliances, home textiles, etc.
The town is small but beautiful. There are several hiking trails nearby, as well as gardens with bananas, mangoes and other fruits.
Alex is just the best landlord! It was a pleasure to be your guest. Thank you for the hospitality! We would be happy to stay at the house again, it felt like a real home to us.
Electricity: The owner calculates the meter readings for two months as if it were only one.
Water: During my stay, there were only 17 days without recorded data. The owner assumes I was using 6 cubic meters of water per day, even though the rest of the time (when there are recorded readings), I used a maximum of 2.2 cubic meters of water per day, including automated lawn irrigation (which, by my estimation, is about 0.8 cubic meters per day).
Gas: The house is equipped with gas cylinders delivered by the owner's staff. It's impossible to verify the amount of gas in these cylinders, as there are no receipts or confirmation of the owner's claimed volume.
Without providing any evidence, the owner will start demanding a bribe outside of Flatio. If you suggest checking the meters and calculating expenses, the owner will refuse and claim that he knows better.
In the end, on the last day of the lease, you'll have the choice of either paying a bribe equal to half the rent (900 euros) or looking for a new place to stay with your suitcase and child. If you mention that the contract includes utilities within 15% of the rent, you'll be told that the owner also includes maintenance of the property, such as staff and so on, in the utility bills.
After two days of negotiations about the situation, I concluded that there was no overuse of utilities on my part. I offered to pay 50% of the cost of the specialist who checked the gas system, as the owner suspected my gas cylinder consumption (whether they were filled to 100% is unknown).
If anyone intends to visit this place, there are several things you must do: Have an alternative place to live to avoid my situation, ALWAYS take photos of the meters and ask the agent to include these details in the contract, buy gas at gas stations and record your consumption daily.