There are two sides of the coin with this apt. I liked the big windows, and spaciousness. The bed was cozy except for its unevenness. Area was pretty good. I was accommodated by Juan well. Appreciate it. The things that I did not like and discovered over time were:
1. Bathroom. Sink is to shallow and water splashes all over your clothes. Water pressure does not work well unless its kick started from another faucet and then hot water comes. Shower and bath water came out light brown, which I saw after drawing a bath, maybe rust or dirt, not sure. Gas heater failed my last day and so I had no shower that night.
2. Kitchen. Not stocked well and with cheap pots and pans, it was not a pleasure to cook as I normally would have liked. Cabinets had an herbal smell so cups and dishes smelled like it so did not use the cabinet. There is also an ant issue, if i left anything out they would come and invade.
3. When it rains its very noisy as the roof is super thin and tin, so night rain is going to wake you. And I heard cats jumping and walking in the roof or whatever at night sometimes which are annoying.
4. Heater in the bedroom would disconnect from socket so did not always stay on plus its a bit weak if its cold. Main heater sometimes would switch to another mode and not heat and i needed to constantly turn it off and on... it did not function as it should and on cold mornings it took to long to deal with both heaters to warm up. The circuit breakers would break if both were on so that was another issue to deal with until Juan reset it, which sometimes I had no electricity for an hour or 2 until it was done. Eventually the fuse was changed but it was a hassle with these heaters and circuit breakers. On cold mornings it was a fight to keep them on properly. To much hassle with these.
5. Construction is nearby so that was waking me up in the mornings prematurely and hammering from neighbor as well. I also at the tail end had to get woken by temp sidewalk repair which added to the annoyances as I did not want to wake at 8 and 9 am.
There was other issues like the shower head, water pressure and short hot water showers which got fixed later but this maintenance stuff needs to be done not when tenants are there but during down time. Its not tenants job to discover these and then wait for fixes and entry, it takes time away from my schedule.
6. There is no washing machine, despite space for one. So had to spend $2 a load at the laundry mat and wait all day or next day for it to be done. Issue as I have limited clothes as a traveller.. No cleaning is included as thats extra cost for the apt, and no towel or sheets changes either so you have to do all that yourself , pay and wait for laundry place to do it. I didnt wash my sheets or towels in my weeks there, had no time to deal with that. Didnt feel like spending $ on it either.
Other than these issues it was OK.