So, this is admittedly an odd review. And I want to start by saying that the hosts were fantastic at communicating, accomodating our early arrival, and offering helpful advice about BA. The apartment is also in a great location and looks as sleek as in the photos. Overall, it’s not a bad place.
But there are a few problems with the apartment, three that can probably be fixed, and a fourth that can’t but is minor.
First—and this is the odd part—the shower is kind of a miserable experience, because the water pressure is insanely strong. I know, that sounds weird. I’ve never encountered anything like it before, but it’s like being sprayed with a fire hose. It’s so powerful that you have to hold the shower head and rinse yourself, because otherwise it flies out of the holder in the wall and splurts uncontrollably everywhere. And the thing is, Buenos Aires is hot and humid. You need a decent shower.
Which brings me to point two. The air conditioner cools much better downstairs than upstairs where the bed is. A floor fan for really hot days would help.
Point 3: You can hear the gate slam outside every time someone comes in and out of the building, which might wake you up at night. My wife and I travel with a portable JBL speaker which we turn into a white noise machine, so it wasn’t a huge problem, but you might want to bring earplugs (and it’d be awesome if they just provided a white noise machine themselves).
Finally, the floor around the bed rises up about an inch for some odd reason. It’s not a big deal, but you have to be careful not to stub your toe (my wife and I both did, then were more careful).
Again, with a few tweaks, it’ll be a perfect place and the hosts were great. But it needs tweaks.