Cathedral View Apartments

Central location and secure car parking.

Some minor maintenance items.

Location

V helpful host.. Great location and well furnished.

Instructions to collect key and access place were a little time consuming/lengthy but if followed accurately they worked absolutely fine - no problem.

The apartment has a great location. There is a lovely view of the Cathedral from the balcony. It's really easy to walk to the city centre and main sites in Belfast. The apartment is ideally suited for art lovers. Lots of mostly outside murals are very close by. The apartment is located in the same square that houses the Metropolitan Arts Centre, a cultural hub with art galleries and theatres. There are a number of restaurants in the square and nearby.

There were a number of issues that made for an uncomfortable stay: The plumbing was positively dangerous in terms of scalding hot water coming out of both the cold and hot water taps. Some of the tap knobs came away in one's hand when one tried to turn them. The temperature of the hot water is set too high. In the en suite bathroom the shower seals were dirty and coming off. The sink ran cold water only and the shower control was coming off. Insects in the second bathroom! The host came to the apartment in our absence and tried to address the plumbing issues but unfortunately didn't manage to resolve them. The bed linens are worn out and need to be replaced. The bed throws had stains on them, some quite large in size. A request to the host for a simple flat sheet was turned down on the basis that he didn't have any. Superficially the apartment was clean but the kitchen had a filthy and greasy oven tray. The freezer was unusable due to thick layers of ice. It had not been defrosted in a long while.