Pros:
Location is great, easy walking distance to anywhere in Palermo
Cons:
Check in was extremely annoying. The elevator was broken, so I could not access the apartment door w automated check in. The stairwell does not give access to the front door. Management knew the elevator was broken and what time I would be arriving. They still had me wait downstairs for an hour until someone could let me in. They should have at least given me a call to let me know so I could change my schedule.
To make up for it, they offered an extended checkout of 11:30am, which was pretty underwhelming.
There are no windows in the bedroom or bathroom.
The bedroom is very small. It’s not easy to access one side of the bed or any of the closet space.
The pillows are very long and the pillowcases are too short to cover them entirely. It’s a little unsanitary.
Walls are super thin, you can hear everything in all directions.
8am every morning, the same Latin dance music is played. I don’t know if it is someone’s alarm or maybe from the restaurant next door.
Starting around 9:30am, it starts to smell very industrial in the apartment. I couldn’t tell if it was from something mechanical in the building or next door, or possibly from cars outside. Juan B Justo has heavy traffic.
There is no trash disposal in the building. Management told me to dispose of it in the receptacle outside the building which was a public city bin w a narrow opening, so you can’t throw normal bags out.
You can’t cook on the stove top and use the oven at the same time, it will trip a fuse.
The kitchen is missing very basic items like a mixing bowl, strainer, grater, etc.
The apartment does not have basic cleaning supplies like a broom and dustpan.
Unfortunately, I can’t recommend this place for a stay. For the price, I thought it would be fine, but it falls short in so many ways. In retrospect, I wish I had paid a few extra dollars per night to stay at a different place.