Briet Apartments

Very Good
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Good
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  : The Location is perfect. The beds are very comfy. The appartment is warm, spacie and clean.
  : The messages for the key location are too long and not clear enough for the main point. There was no soap to wash our hands Bad smell from hot water (that might be a general issue in Reykjavik not appartment's fault)

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Nice wee apartment in an amazing location in central Reykjavik. Made walking around so easy. Close to a supermarket and P3 parking is only 5 minutes walk so pretty cheap to park there (avoid parking right by the apartment as that's quite expensive). The apartment is so warm too, with plenty hot water.
  : Quite small but perfectly fine for a family of four. Quirky layout - you have to walk through bathroom to get to kitchen (old building so not much can be done). The bins hadn't been emptied when we arrived, with bathroom bin stuffed with nappies - reason for lower cleanliness score.

Good
Traveller Type: Business Traveler
  : Brilliant location very comfortable little apartment. It's near the high street so it can be a bit noisy but we found it fine.The layout is quirky but we quickly established how it would function and we had no issues. The property is laid out in a circle.So if you come in through the front door into the entranceway and go round in a clockwise direction. You first enter the lounge, then bathroom, then kitchen. Bedroom one and then bedroom two. Then back into the entrance way. You pass through a room in order to get to the next. People saying that you can't have privacy in the bedrooms because they are linked. But we found you could. My husband and myself stayed in one room and our daughter and her partner in the other. We didn't go into one another's rooms at all.We entered our room via the kitchen. They entered theirs via the entranceway When anyone was in the bathroom we simply shut the doors and opened them when not occupied. You do have to go through the bathroom to get to the lounge but we simply are in the kitchen. Don't be put off by the layout. It's fine if you take a little time to understand how to use it.
  : Having said all that, there are some issues regarding the facilities themselves. The apartment requires some love and maintenance. Wiring and fire alarms need checking. General clean and maintenance. Towel rail was hanging off the wall.The kitchen is almost there. Good pots, pans, plates and bowls. Although the kitchen is small and washing up is certainly a challenge. We placed a tea towel on the table and placed washed items onto that.However, the following were missing. Decent kitchen utensils for cooking. No chopping board. No tin opener. No vegetable knives. No colander or safe means of draining of water from the pans.Lastly no oven gloves. I had to make do with using tea towels and burnt myself while taking out food from the oven.I would have bought the missing items but had no clue where I would find them to buy. Lastly the TV didn't work. I had told the host of the issues with maintenance and he did offer to send someone round. We declined as we didn't want to be disturbed.I later followed up with another message to say the TV didn't work. We didn't get a response.There is a washing machine, iron and ironing board. We didn't use the washing machine. But the iron was in good working order.

Disappointing
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  : Cute apartment in a good location but poorly managed booking.
  : Check out was specified to have been at 3 and my friend arrived at 4 and was told apartment would not be ready until 7pm so had to wander the city until the u allowed her access after a long flight. Then they refused to provide toilet paper and had to go out and buy ourselves upon arrival. Also heater in central area was broken and stuck on full heat and have to have all windows open so we didnt cook.

Very Good
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  : Central location on a side street, easy to walk everywhere. Quirky little apartment but everything we needed for our 2 night stay (except a hairdryer but that wasnt an issue). Comfy beds and plenty of heat!
  : Small thingthe view out one bedroom was a courtyard where the garbage bins are and they were overflowing. Not sure how often they are cleared?

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Comfortable and warm apartment, well located. I hired a car at the last minute and parking was expensive, but that was a last minute decision..
  : Key to open the door was quite stiff and only one of us could manage it.