Forum Ocean View 4B by Homie

The apartment is really in good location, I was pretty surprised to see on arrival that we stay right in the Forum Madeira shopping mall ))) I did not pay attention to this when booking. Inside the apartment you have everything you may need. The view from balcony was so good that all the 6 days we stayed there we had our breakfast in the balcony, I could not have found any nicer place. Parking! Parking! If you plan to rent a car for several days like we did, the availability of private parking slot will be a big plus. I will not share any photos, as what you see in booking is what you get ))))) So definitely recommend the place.

There are eating places like KFC below so sometimes the smell of food can come inside. But it was not a big deal for us. Just writing this for awareness.

Great, clean, nice view and a lot of good facilities

Dobrze wyposażona kuchnia, do dyspozycji ekspres do kawy. Apartament czysty i przytulny. Bardzo dobra lokalizacja, przystanek autobusowy przy ulicy, w pobliżu galeria i supermarket. Możliwość zaparkowania auta na parkingu. Bardzo dobry kontakt z właścicielem. Widok na ocean.

Trudno ustawić ciepłą wodę w kranie ze względu na piec gazowy w apartamencie.

The property is in the residential buildings above Forum Madeira Shopping Centre. It's conveniently located in Funchal (10 minutes drive/taxi to city centre) and comes with underground parking with direct lift access. The apartment and the kitchen are well equipped with speedy wifi (although the wifi password in the book was wrong and we had to check the router). In general the apartment feels clean. Host is fairly responsive on messages and can be called via phones who fixed most issues. Bed was fairly comfy. The view was nice, facing the sea with breeze in the balcony.

Upon check in we got given a wrong code for the key lockbox by mistake. After calling them they have given us the correct code and it's quickly sorted. The apartment is quite dark and there's not enough lights. There is also NO air conditioning in the apartment and it gets extremely hot during sunset since it's facing west. They only gave us a broken fan (which was replaced quickly after I messaged the host but it was still hot during sunset and night.). Also the bathroom needs some renovation. The shower screen was leaky and the shower doesn't drain, which pools the shower tray and spills to the bathroom floor after few minutes of shower. We messaged the host and they got somebody to come and try fixing it (twice!) but the issues were never fixed and the shower still didn't drain. Although this is on the lower end of accommodation prices in Madeira, I would still think this is not the most valued for money options out there until they renovate the bathroom.