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If the walls are untreated expect lots of dust. Like huge amounts. I vacuum my walls.

You should be careful it's humid so you get lots of mould here need good ventilation

Volcane, thanks for your reply. How do i know if the wall is treated or untreated? If treated, how much less of dust will there be? 90% reduction of dust is reasonable expectation?

Sorry, i mean how can i tell the wall is treated/untreated without asking the owner?

If you rub your hands over it you'll either feel a bit of dust or not.

You can tell by just looking but I guess that requires a bit more experience with these walls but generally if you just rub your hand even softly over a few stones you will know.

I recently put a new kind of treatment on one spot in my cellar and the dust is gone. I probably won't do the house as it changes the look of the stone

A convenient and non-toxic treatment for dusty walls is a mix of white glue and water. Dust down the wall first then apply the mix with a broad brush.

I probably dont wanna be diy treating the wall myself.. could be an expensive wall that the owner is keeping.. >< thanks..

Absolutely do not just DIY a rental property especially not with something like stated. If walls get damaged you will be in huge trouble

Just avoid apartments with traditional walls completely if you have breathing issues. It's not like there is a shortage of places.

As for the ventilation / the quuestion of whether there will be wind in the place: In my experience, yes - even with the high walls. A layout like the one you describe (a yard like a box which is open on top) tends to channel the air, so sometimes you get more wind than in a penthouse. Also, doors and windows in Maltese buildings often tend to not be very airproof, we had a brandnew (holiday) apartment once that had gaps of about an inch between the window frame and the wall in places... All that might not help against mould, though, the walls might be humid for whatever reason (mostly, but not only, the high humidity in the air - there might also be fauulty water pipes / drains, etc.)

Volcane, there is a shortage! A shortage of reasonably priced property. 700 for modern 2 bedroom in st venera is near impossible. To think that i thought i could get them for 600 before i got here.. tskk..

It was a very painful search for rooms/ flatmates. Texted and called about a hundred strangers for sharing and agents for apartments. There's the price factor, location factor being carless, flatmate factor, furniture factor, noise factor, pet factor. >< the place im renting doesnt even have the cheapest utilities tariff, but i really like the place, so i was like, fff, just give me the place at whatever rate. I have no doubt it'll be gone in less than a day should i say no.

Thanks Bernie! I might have confirmed the studio had i read your comment before. But i felt a little stuffy when i visited, so i decided to go with the 2 bedroom instead. High thick walls, newly renovated, hopefully no ventilation, mould problem.

Cheers

A lot of new properties have plastered walls therefore less likely to be dusty, we have found that out where we live now, bare stone looks nice but not practical.