Apartment: 5 stars.
Shower: Negative 2 stars.

My wife and I stayed here for three months in 2013. We most enjoyed:

- In restaurant zone
- Comfortable bed
- The terrace (with a glass of wine)
- 6 blocks from the Subte (9min walk)
- 20 min walk to Jumbo supermarket (1.4km)
- Many smaller markets close by

Small that would have added luxury:

- Silicon kitchen tools (the plastic melted)
- Measuring cups in the kitchen
- Extra sheets for the couch (they brought some upon request)
- Air conditioning units needed their filters cleaned

The wine refrigerator was taken to another apartment when we arrived. Bummer. The DVD player was broken, but replaced after a week. The unit across the hall was under construction, so there was a decent amount of noise. These little things didn't impact our overall enjoyment of the apartment.

Our big problem was the shower. It did not drain properly. After we arrived, a handy man came, removed the drain cover, removed a wad of hair and soap scum, and called it fixed. It drained better, but wasn't perfect because of it's design. The floor of the shower doesn't slant downward, so it drains slowly. A few weeks passed, and we were very careful to remove hair. Eventually, we were showering in water up to our ankles again. We noticed it starting to smell. The handy man came again. He removed the cover and used a screw driver to loosen something deeper (hair/soap/whatever). Two or three weeks passed. This time the handy man accessed the pipe closer to the main drainage system. He stuck his arm in and removed large hunks of sewage. The shower drained better again for a week. The smell by then was unbearable and coming from the sink outside the bathroom (near the bed). It was so bad that we covered the drain with a plastic bag to try to trap the smell in.

We also had black mold growth (maybe related to the shower problems). The handy man's reaction was, "Whoa!" The solution to the mold problems was to wipe it off and paint over it. Naturally, the mold returned.

At 1.5 months, they offered to refund the remainder of our stay (before the horrid smells), but we elected to stay because we were already familiar with the neighborhood, didn't feel like moving, didn't want to search for a new place, it would have been hard on our dog (who came with us), etc. We've asked for a small refund now that the trip's over and we'll see if they're gracious enough to grant that.

This place was a great place to stay. The managers of the unit could do a little bit better making it luxurious by adding a small touch of luxury here and there. If they get the shower problem fixed, I would highly recommend it. Otherwise, don't stay for more than a few nights and make sure they clear any shower clogs before you arrive.