Apartments Ant

Poor
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Prior to and upon my arrival in Montenegro, the host greeted me very kindly and showed me around. She also organised for someone to come pick me up at the airport (for a fee of EUR 30.00), which was greatly appreciated. At least she was kind to me in the beginning. The location was close to grocery stores and also not so far from the beaches. There was air conditioning in the eating area. The place was clean.
  : Our unit was not an apartment, more like part that has been cut off from an apartment. It is very small, no window in the tightly-spaced bedroom, little storage room, small balcony. Stovetop doesn't work properly. Upon contacting the host, she only replied very briefly to my WhatsApp message, explaining that one needed to reset the stovetop by unplugging and plugging it. But first one needed to pull out the fridge. We had to reset the stovetop 5 times that evening-it took me over 1 hour to cook pasta! Next day she immediately asked me to look for another apartment in Budva, that she would pay me back the rent, she complained that the stovetop was new, that I didn't know how to use it correctly & probably broke it. I told her I wasn't in Budva for the 1st time and all other stovetops of appartments I had rented worked perfectly. She suddenly changed her attitude and became more humble. My partner & I solved part of the problem by buying an electric extension cable with a switch in order to avoid pulling and shoving the fridge back into place. Defective stovetop problem persisted. Extractor hood above the stovetop is not connected at all, i.e. there is no pipe leading the hot vapour/air to the outside, thus all the hot stove vapour is blown into the kitchen cupboard above, where some dishes and staples are placed. It turn, all the hot air remains in the small room. Opening the window in the eating area with outside temperatures around 38C is not an option. Laundry is done by the host - washing machine is outside. Guests are not allowed to use the washing machine. We were asked to leave by 10am on the last day. My partner said it felt like we were being kicked out & was very angry at the host's overall attitude. We left earlier than 10am the last day and took a taxi without further ado. Host seems to favour guests from Russia/Ukraine as she kept mentioning how much she liked having them.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : It's a good size apartment. It has an area in front of the door that serves like a balcony.
  : Everything was okay. I didn't like the mosquitos so maybe there should be a mosquito device.