I enjoyed my 5-day stay at “Happy House”.
I appreciated that the host accommodated my late check-in (my international flight arrived after 9PM).
The owner left the apartment with many details that makes it eclectic and cozy, and gives this AirBnB a unique personality.
The place was comfortable and well equipped. The kitchen had enough utensils for a short stay. There is a small table for eating (the only place in the apartment) and also a washing machine. The living room area was nicely decorated exactly as the pictures show, and the large sofa was comfortable for reading or working with a laptop. There’s a desk that I also used for when I needed to do some work. The apartment receives most of the light in the morning, and it gets dark in the afternoon.
The AC in the living room area worked fine (I was lucky that my stay was during cooler days) and just opening the window to the small internal patio was enough for me. The issue with doing that is that the apartment is located next to La Payuca — a high-end parrilla. As an Argentinean expat, I miss asado a lot, but smelling that BBQ grilling all the time is a bit distracting borderline annoying (it did entice me to buy food there twice, which is delicious). The window doesn’t have mosquito netting so that could be an annoyance, too, as I was bitten one night.
The bedroom had a small flat TV (I would personally preferred it in the living room area), a small AC unit, large closets with drawers, and a double bed. The mattress was decent but not the most comfortable. At night I was hot, so I had the AC on, and it was quite loud. The street outside had normal traffic, mostly the noise came from the restaurant, since it stays open until 1:00AM. It is a very popular place.
I didn’t like that the linens (towels, bed sheets) were very old and stained, especially considering the cost of the stay.
The WIFI was lightning fast, and let me do remote work smoothly.
The location was great, one block from Disco supermarket, two blocks from Alto Palermo Shopping Mall, and the Bulnes subway station. This is my favorite area to stay in Palermo and it’s like my neighborhood every time I return to Buenos Aires.
As the listing states, the place does not have elevator, so future guests must keep that in mind if mobility is affected as the apartment is located on a second floor.
All in all, I would stay again here, it felt like a nice private place centrally located.