Chic Cocoon Guest House

I was really lucky. When all the flights were cancelled due to a strike in Belgium, I was able to stay in a place that felt just like home. It was like the old houses I had read about in fairy tales. As soon as I stepped inside, I was amazed. The layout was really unique. I had to climb two flights of stairs to reach my room, and it truly felt like I was on my way to a princess's room in a fairyland. When I got to the door of my room, I never expected it to be a tall double door. I felt as if I was entering a palace. The room was spacious, and it had a fireplace that I had always dreamed of. The door lock used an old-fashioned key, just like the kind that many people wear as a decoration around their necks. For someone like me who is used to living in reinforced concrete buildings and taking the elevator every day, this experience was truly like a fairy tale. Although this place wasn't perfect, perhaps the old houses in fairy tales are all like this, aren't they? The experience here was really special.

+: 1) The contact person / owner is good. His reply is fast when we asked him some questions by WhatsApp. 2) The location is not bad. Around 8 min walk to metro station and 2-3 stops to the town. And there are stores and supermarket neaby. 3) The open kitchen is perfect. It is big with enough facilities for you to cook. 4) The house is clean. 5) The owner allow us to store our luggage in kitchen after we come back overnight from other city. -: 1) We live in 3rd floor of the house without lift. We need to take the heavy luggages to the room by the narrow stairs. Although we can put in the kitchen, it is not convenient. 2) The room is little bit stuffy but the fan is too noisy. It is not enough to open the window .

hmm where do i start. when you book you get a one in six chance that instead of a nice spacious room you are shoved into the ******* attic (not shown in pictures) the ceilings sloping low on both sides. the room lined with creepy ******* cupboards. you are greeted with instant steep curved stairs from opening the door. if you wanted to have a hands free shower you are mistaken, it is recommended to bring a personal shower assistant to hold the shower head for you. then after finding the expensive prices in brussels you might feel like a nice microwave meal, you are mistaken. we got to the kitchens and found a lack of utensils and the microwave had a uk plug which obviously didn’t work (who put it there and why)

endowment fancy and ok, however all the room are not acoustic isolated, you hear every movement on the staircase, every key turning in the look, and every door opening. Especially delighting if people come around 4 am and then chatting on the balcony. Or if guests´who forgot the code for door opening´, starts terror ringing around 1 am.