Rental in Rome Panieri Terrace

Poor
Traveller Type: family with young children
  : It became home/safe place, in an area we didn't like
  : The rooms were dirty and very dusty. I found bits from previous tenants on the floor including a jewellery piece, a receipt and a pair of dirty underpants in the washing machine. It definitely wasn't swept or cleaned before we arrived. The sheets did seem clean and all 3 of us had 1 clean hand and a bath towel each, which we thought we could wash in the washer whilst we were there for the week. When we tried to use the washer (after finding someone else's underwear in there) we could not get it to spin at all.The balcony was definitely unusable if you want to sit out for a coffee/drink. It was very dirty, looked on by all the other neighbours, it had a dirty sink and a noisy fan from the air con unit and an awful smell of cooking all day every day. It was also a lot smaller than it looks in the photographs.The shower was the smallest cubicle I've ever seen in an apartment, out of all the holiday places I've stayed at. The sink was blocked when we got there but fortunately it was fixed on the same day that we messaged the owner (the one time we got a productive response from the owner).The plug sockets were mainly all very loose. We had to choose the safest ones to plug our things into as the plugs kept going on and off.Communication with the owner was very good before we got there, then pretty ignorant when we arrived and asked for help with things. Our ONE key got jammed in the lock and we could not get in after trying and trying for over an hour. Fortunately our friend managed to shimmy the lock open and we found a way to unlock it but we did not hear back from the owner when we told her about the issue with the lock. That was the biggest worry of the holiday, we had to keep our passports and valuables in our friends apartment as we were worried we may not be able to get back into the apartment each time we went out. This was only the 3rd day into our stay and we were there for a week.