Fontainas Apartments

Everything inside the apartment on the 3rd floor was perfect and new. The house is situated in a working class area, with lots of local shops and a genuine bakery close to it (boulangerie Anneesens).

Fontainas Apartments is in a convenient location. Though it may seem sketchy when you first arrive, it is literally a 3 min walk until to get the some pedestrian streets full of restaurants and hip youngsters, then you walk a little more and you are near most of the main attractions in Brussels, such as the Grand Place. Central and South train stations are 15-20 min walk away and there is a subway/metro station 2 min walk away. Kitchen is equipped and facilities are all provided. We were 3 people so we had a double bed and sofa bed however the apartment was spacious enough for our luggage etc. The host is easily contactable via Whatsapp and responded when we had questions.

As advertised, the building has 3 floors (but 6 flights of stairs). We were on the third floor and had to take our luggage up the very narrow staircases. Might be a good idea to ask which floor you will be on before you book if you are not ready for this. Also be aware that the washing machine is a shared one for all apartments located on the ground floor, not in each unit as listed on booking.com. Kitchen utensils were a little dirty when we arrived and kettle had limescale in it, we spent a bit of time washing these before use. Finally, the shower pressure in our apartment was terrible! I mentioned this to the host and he did say they would attend to it but alas it was not fixed. I mentioned it again before we checked out so hopefully the owner was able to fix this for the next occupants. Good luck!

Location was great. In the center of everything. Stairs little bit steep for elderly. Can be communicated better or on booking. Com.

Only the steep staircase. Very Beautiful though. Like the wood.

The property was in a good location near to the train station and central to the city. We had 2 nice apartments which were clean and well presented.

The shower in our room was poor and water not very hot, so if you like a good shower this is not the place for you. Also we had an issue where the host changed the door locks part way through our stay and we came back from a day out to find the door to our place wide open with all our belongings there for everyone to see. Then we found that the door lock was not functioning and so we couldn’t leave the apartment as we would have been locked out (once the door was locked you could only open from the inside). Then we had to move our stuff into our friend’s apartment the next day when we went out as we were unsure if we would be able to access it once we had locked the door, as the host said someone would be along to look at it at some point in the morning. We also asked if the lock could be left on the second apartment as the first had caused so much concern, however the host proceeded to tell us that had been changed and then changed back as it was not functioning. All in all it was a very stressful 24hrs when we should have been enjoying our break.