The location of Mauricio's apartment was fantastic, but I'm not sure it makes up for the other details in the apartment that got in the way of daily life.
For example:
1. The water in the shower oscillated from ice cold to scaldingly hot. There was no way to get it to consistently stay at a decent temperature. We were told this was due to the "water pressure" in the building.
2. The plugs in the kitchen don't match the rest of the apartment or what the kitchen equipment requires. To plug in the coffee machine or sandwich maker, we had to use two layers of adapters.
3. The apartment is well lived in and extremely cluttered so if you have luggage, it becomes difficult to find space without blocking your own way around.
4. The couch is convertible to a bed so it consistently slipped out of couch form if you stayed on it long enough.
The stay was a particularly challenging one.