Penthouse next to the beach

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : After paying about 650 , I spent a day without air conditioning for an additional 10, the extra amount is little but the method is provocative, I paid a large amount and for a day of conditioning I was asked to pay!

Very Good
Traveller Type:
  : Very spacious apartment with a nice balcony/terrace. Talkative and friendly host. There is some beach equipment to use.
  : There are some furniture that requires refurbishment or replacement. It concerns lamps in bathrooms, beds and couches.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Very nice and comfortable property for our 3 day stay. Theres a lift to the penthouse and parking was free and easy to find on the street. Bedrooms are air conditioned for an additional charge, which given the energy crisis is a good thing. 10 euros was more than enough for our 3 day stay. Apartment was roomy with a lovely shower, and the balcony was a great space too.
  : The host seemed harassed on my arrival and I dont think she liked the look of me, but I found her likable enough and she left us alone for our stay which was great. The host stated a number of times that she would refund the unused air conditioning money, but as I expected there was no refund or offer of one. I think the host should just say unused credits are non refundable and leave it at that. There is a bizarre notice on the toilet wall and in the list of rules asking that no toilet paper is be flushed down the toilet, but there were no waste bags or suitable places to dispose of used toilet paper in the bathrooms. I feel the host should remove the sign or let people know of this rule before staying, as I would not willingly stay in a place with that rule.

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The location was good. The beach was just a quick walk. However note that some days there are lots of trash in the water + jellyfish. The apartment itself is quite big with 2 separate bathrooms and balconies. The centre of Marsaskala is a 15 minutes walk and there are 2 small shops two streets from the building. The building has a super slow but efficient elevator.
  : The payment didn't go through booking but by card on spot and the amount was 10 euros more than agreed on booking. The owner made a deal for us to not pay the deposit (which is against breaking anything) if we clean the apartment when we leave. My family has always left apartments in clean condition for the cleaners to deep clean them but never has any owner asked us to actually clean it for next quests (for free). Since the apartment was not very clean, we actually ended up spending our valuable vacation time to clean it twice - arrival and leave. The furniture is so old that one of the quest hurt his back when the bed collapsed during the night. Also some of kitchen utensils are broken before you start using them (including the stove). The air conditions are only in bedrooms and the living room/kitchen area is unbearably hot during the day. The thing with air conditions is that you have to buy a card for certain amount to use it. The owner will not recommend any number of how much you would need. So we first bought a 10 euros card, then 5 euros and 1 night before our leave the only option from the owner was to buy a 20 euros card. Since she promised us a refund we thought it's better than sleep and sweat. The amount you get for 20 euros is 105 units. We used less than half of it and with a weird math formulas the owner tried to say there was only couple of euros to refund and she will do it next time we will be in Malta which is NOT how normally refunds work. We do not care about the money but the fact that we left the apartment way cleaner than it was in the beginning and a little gift from Estonia to say thank you for our stay and in return we didn't get a single good word nor our refund. I can only be happy we didn't pay the 200 euros deposit to get it back next time visiting Malta! I have visited many airbnb and booking apartments and never met a host like that.

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Spacious place in a good location by the sea, with large tarrace. 2 mins to beach, bus stop and grocery.
  : Demaged one od the beds and the couch, as well the sofa on the terrace. As I have already read in the coments od previous guests. The owner as I presume does not think it is necessary to fix this.A small number of kitchen utensils and basic necessities duch as soap, toilet paper or dishwashing liquid.