We rented the place for 6 days in April of 2019. We believe the place is owned by an elderly couple whom live in another city about 2 hours from Buenos Aires. We don’t know how often they use the apartment.
The apartment is located on a quite street right off Avenue Libertador, the main thoroughfare of upscale Palermo neighborhood. The area is very safe in the evening and there are no homeless sleeping anywhere within that block. The apartment is on the 5th floor and there is one elevator which services the apartment. I would recommend that renters check out the stairways in case of emergency because it is dark and narrow. The elevator has a maximum capacity of 3 persons.
The apartment is large and comfortable for the 4 of us. As the apartment has no central air conditioning , there are separate units in the living room, main bedroom and one of the other two smaller bedrooms. The air conditioning unit in the main dining room and the small bedroom give out a freezing air, especially the one in the smaller bedroom. The second bedroom has only a ceiling fan which was fine for the cool month of April. There are a lot of storage space for luggage. Although we only prepared basic breakfast, the kitchen has everything you need for cooking but there is no dishwashing machine. The washing machine has good loading capacity, but you would need to hang clothes because there is no dryer. It took us about half a day for our clothes to dry. The internet is fairly fast and upload/download at constant 20-24 mbps, based on my data speed test.
For amenities, there is a Dandy restaurant at the corner of Libertador and Bustamante and the Croque Madame restaurant, right in the Museum. Imagine having lunch surrounded by artwork of the National Museum of Decorative Art . In the morning, I usually go to Bonafide Café on Las Heras to get my Capuchino (few Argentine cafes offer take-away coffee). The Nueva St Augustin Café (also on Las Heras) is supposed to have one of the best croissants in the Palermo neighborhood. For groceries, there is the Carrefour Express on Las Heras (2 blocks) or the Disco Supermarket on Santa Fe (8 blocks). We prefer the Disco because it is less expensive
For transportation, the closest station would probably be Bulnes (20 minutes walk), located next to the Alto Palermo Shopping Center. If you don’t want to walk to Bulnes Metro stop, the other option is taking the bus on Libertador, in front of the museum of Decorative Arts.
A word of caution: Make sure you insist that the property manager confirms with the ownership of the day of your stay and have that confirmation email as the day we came, the owners had to vacate the place because of some date mix-up. Also, make sure the property manager shows you where the fuse box is located (kitchen).