3.5 stars:
Pros:
- location: quiet, safe, cool face ID for security, 24/7 guards, close to nice restaurants, supermarket downstairs
- mgmt communication: fast, polite, easy to extend stay
- apartment: great view, has stated appliances, good consistent wifi for working
Cons:
- Apartment is rundown: coffee table on last legs (literally one fell off), blinds in master bedroom falling off from rungs on both ends
- Bathroom design floods: tub does not have full enclosure and the showerhead cannot be moved. Every shower results in water on the floor and there is no ventilation in the bathroom, meaning things don't dry even overnight
- Stingy on services. Stayed 2 weeks and in just about every airbnb in BA, there is weekly maid service included to change towels and linens and clean up. There was not with this booking and I should have realized - only offer of exchange for fresh towels, extra charge for maid service. For the equivalent of 2.2k a month, I think it is not excessive expectations for maid service to be included.
- More stinginess: kitchen not stocked with any basics other than bag of sugar and a rancid bottle of cooking oil 95% empty. Washing machine works but no detergent. Same with no extra toilet paper. When my stay ended, I left behind extra toilet, bottles of shampoo and conditioner and body wash. Again, for this price, expected better.
- Second bedroom bed is too small for an adult. Like sleeping on narrow sofa.
- Master bed: down blanket had no duvet - tiny bits of down could be felt when breathing, thankfully we were not allergic. Pillows were thin down. Flattened to nothing and we ended up using cushions from the living room sofa as pillows.
Overall, feels like cosmetic surgery in Buenos Aires; good bones, but don't look too closely.