Pros:	- Owner responded to initial inquiry quickly
- Great location
- Quiet building
- Apartment clean (sort of – see “Cons”)
- Nice view
- Property equipped with washer & dryer
- Property has a lap pool and allegedly a gym

Cons:	- Better suited for only 1 person
- “Queen” bed in bedroom is SO BIG (there is a platform on which the bed sits which extends beyond the mattress by about 8-10”) which leaves literally just a few inches between the edge of the platform and bedroom wall – necessitating my having to crawl across my husband to get in & out of the bed – especially during the night.
- Sheets – on our first night we returned around 10:00 p.m. after a long afternoon out. We pulled back the Duvet, and discovered what appeared to be dirty sheets!!!! They also did not smell fresh. Thus, we then had to wash and dry the sheets before going to sleep that night.
- Bedroom so cramped – the suitcases had to be set up in the equally small living room.
- NO cups for tea/coffee
- One plate only (dinner size)
- No saute 2pan in which to cook eggs
- Pot to cook soup/pasta has two metal handles but only 1 potholder
- No kitchen towels (only paper towels which are not safe to handle hot pots)
- 1 small “bath” towel for each of us
- No lights in the living room, to sit on the sofa to read by at night
- 1 “decorative” light in bedroom – but not enough light to read by at night
- Only way to read after dark was to stand over the kitchen sink (well lit)
- Owner failed to respond to my inquiries about how to access the gym and pool – which I like to use when traveling. As we were instructed not to speak to anyone in the building while there (because AirBnB is not allowed in this building), we could not ask anyone where these two amenities were located and more importantly – how to access. This AirBnB cost more than the others in the neighborhood, presumably because of the gym/pool amenities. However, once at the apartment, I AGAIN asked the owner how to access these facilities but she responded “Access through the gym?” with no further contact from her on this subject. I gave up.
- No idea where to dispose of the kitchen garbage. As the kitchen is only equipped with a small waste basket – it filled up almost daily. We carried it out ourselves on several occasions to the city street garbage cans.
- “Co-host,” James, was there only to give us the key. Once inside, he was eager to leave. When I asked him a few questions about the neighborhood, restaurants, how the metro works, etc (typical tourist questions) he responded he lived elsewhere, the owner lives in China and he had NO information for us. When I asked about how to use the pool/gym – he again said he had no information for us.