Smartflats - Rubens Antwerp

Holiday ruined due to crap customer service. Hours spent over thé phone asking for assistance....with zéro résults. Be aware there is no proper customer service in Antwerp - instead, a third party seems to answer (sometime) phone calls. In case of issues, nobody would come to thé flat to sort it out. We booked well in advance Rubens apartment: 2 bedrooms / 2 bathrooms. Instead, we got thé wrong flat, with just one bathroom, on thé fourth floor of a building, with no lift (!). Thé photos on thé website / booking confirmation are misleading: thé apartment noted is not what we end up with. Customer service incompétence only created additional issues rather then sorthing them out. Thé medal for stupidity/ incompétence goes to Jessica - the worst of thé 5 customer service représentatives contactéd just on thé 1st day. Thé building / flats would need some TLC. There are plenty of nearby hôtels, with 24 H reception, friedly customer service, better prices (and breakfast included ....We did not find even a bottle of water in thé fridge!) After a month, customer service has not yet contacted us, given an apologo and, most importantly a refund ... Do avoid Smart flats! See pictures attached and compare them with those on thé website ...

Unit was switched. New apartment was on the corner of 2 main streets, very loud. I called upon arrival, answering service said someone would call, no call. Received email about the stay, I replied not happy. They said someone would contact me, no contact. Treacherous stairway to upstairs bathroom.

The apartment is located very nicely, and easy to access with the code you’ll receive via text or email. Very clean as well, aside from some dead mosquito stains on the walls. Some reviews speak of a mosquito problem; we brought anti mosquito plugs and didn’t get bitten at all. The apartment does not look exactly as in the pictures, though it’s a similar space. Bedrooms are quite different, the upstairs bedroom did not have a bed, only a mattress on the floor. I contacted smartflats beforehand to check whether it would really be a bed (because of reviews), and they assured me it would be, so I was very disappointed. Also, the door to the terrace does not lock and can be opened from the outside. It gets quite hot inside because it’s the top floor, so I wouldn’t recommend this apartment in the midst of summer. Finally, two days before our arrival Smartflats contacted me to say they couldn’t host us in the apartment because of a technical issue, and offerend me a cheaper one, further away from the center. When I checked several booking sites looking for new accommodation, I saw they made this apartment available for booking again, for a higher price than I paid. Did not seem very customer friendly. As you can imagine, I was not very amused and called them about it. They apologised and fixed the problem.

A great apartment