The apartment is in a great location, just two blocks from the Subte station. We also found several restaurants and markets in the area (a few referrals would have been helpful). The washer/dryer worked OK, but took several hours to dry. The toilet leaked once during our two-week stay, and it has apparently been a problem before, judging by the marks on the wall and the loose tiles in the hallway. Getting the TV/Sound Bar to work was confusing at first, and some written instructions (in Spanish and English) would have been nice. With the exception of being a little short on hand towels and missing a towel hook in the half bath, the apartment had what we needed in terms of space and amenities.
Unfortunately, the last three days of our vacation were very uncomfortable due to the electricity going out! We kept getting told it would only be a “couple of hours”, but it went on and on. It was extremely hot and humid, so we were sweltering, especially after walking up nine flights of stairs due to no working elevator. Of course, that also meant we had no lights, no Wi-Fi, no AC, no TV/Internet, no refrigerator/freezer, no washer/dryer, no hair dryer, etc. (Tip: when leaving, make sure the safety lock is not on the back door; otherwise you can’t get in through the stairway – luckily we thought of this before we lost power.)
Only certain floors in our building did not have electricity (no other buildings were affected), so the story we were told at first of it being a “normal outage” did not make sense. It seemed like it was not being taken seriously. Sure enough, as were leaving, Sebas finally found out that a fuse for part of the building had blown, but they couldn’t replace it because no one had the key to the fuse box! Unbelievable!! If we had known that earlier, we probably would have decided to move.
Overall, Sebas was a good host and seems like a genuinely nice person. He responded very quickly when we contacted him, and he gave us a credit for the last few days, which helped a little. I recommend him, even though I wish he would have come over and talked with the doorman sooner to find out what was going on with the electricity. However, I can’t in good conscience recommend this apartment.