Great, quiet apartment really well located. I wish I had known about the stairs, but it was not a deal-breaker. The building is old, so the walls are quite thin. You can hear everyone that is going up or down the stairs and even the upstairs neighbors talking in their room. It was an issue only on a weekend night when a group of young people came back really early in the morning and stayed up chatting. Otherwise you really don't hear much from outside despite the central location.