The apartment is a show stopper. It has a real wow factor with high-end fixtures and gadgets. Location is amazing, as are the views. The host was attentive but wasn’t able to resolve all our issues.
Unfortunately there is too much emphasis on impressive looks and not enough attention on daily necessities.
A few examples:
- the heating system was incomprehensible and we couldn’t get consistent heating at all (in a week when it was below zero outside)
- there were no curtains in any of the bedrooms - this was resolved by the host after two nights; he had curtain rails and curtains installed by a handy man
- the locks on the shared bathroom doors didn’t work
- the fire escape stairwell was blocked with balloons and other junk
- the wifi was ridiculously slow - less than 2mb/s
- three of the four bathrooms had no hand soap
- there was nowhere to hang towels in any of the bathrooms or bedrooms
- we were woken at 3am with loud music and people stomping around in surrounding apartments