The apartment is beautiful and clean and checkin was super easy. The host provided relevant info without being asked (ie. check-in) which was appreciated. HOWEVER,
- without air conditioning, it is hot and stuffy, and only one fan is provided for two sleeping spaces.
- be aware, the “noise machine” provided is little to no relief as there are wailing sirens and cars, neighbors above and beside consistently making noise throughout the night
- parking was EXTREMELY difficult and frustrating to find. We spent hours of time and gas, wasted trying desperately to find parking in the area. The host's assistant provided 2 options
1) would’ve required us to get up at 2am to add more money to the meter (15 min walk) or 2) 25$ per night, over a 2k walk away
When we finally got in touch with the host, she was rude and dismissive, telling us she’s “not a valet service” and since I don’t know the area I shouldn’t use my car, only public transit. She also said insisted that I shouldn't be that surprised because Ontario is the same. (Ontario is where I am from, and I have never encountered a situation like this before)
- She insisted parking was not guaranteed, if so, it should not be listed under amenities, because we never got to use the “free parking on premises”
- really awful, constant, stale smell from the bathroom
-additionally, one night the neighbors were smoking weed and it filled the apartment and when we tried to close the windows, we found the one in the direction of the smell was stuck open (which we were not told)
- We tried making breakfast one morning, after about a half hour we had no success boiling water. So we gave up and bought breakfast. We were eventually told the front two burners were broken. Time and money that could have been saved with a small note.