We stayed in this same apartment back in December when it was newer and in better shape. This time around it has gone down hill a bit.
Pros:
1. The location is great
2. Communication and check-in are great
3. The wifi is fast and reliable
Because it was relatively new when we rented back in December we assumed some issues were just the kinks of a new rental that needed to be worked out. I left suggestions after our last stay with one of the Check My Guest people but none were put in place so I figured I should post them here in the hopes that someone will take care of them before this apartment is unrentable.
Here are new and old issues. Some can be fixed; others cannot:
Cons:
1. The apartment is dark. There is a long hallway that leads to the main room with just one window at the end facing an interior courtyard.
2. One bedroom does not even have a window so you can’t shut the door or you feel like you are in an oven without air.
3. There is no air conditioning or even a fan so everything is a bit warm and stuffy. (Winter and summer)
4. The floor in the main living room/ hallway area could really use a good scrub. There are all sorts of black marks and gunk on the floor that weren’t there in December so this is just a cleaning issue.
5. The door to the master bedroom sticks so you have to yank it open with all your strength, which has now caused the door handle to loosen and it’s only a matter of time before it falls off.
2. The electric blinds in the master do not work. They only open once every 30 times you attempt to open them, if at all. (The remote might just need batteries but it requires a tiny screw driver to open it.)
3. There is nowhere to hang damp towels in the master bathroom area.
4. There are no hand towels in the toilet room. And nowhere to hang one.
5. Lastly, the biggest issue of all is that there is no door on the Master bedroom toilet! The bathroom is part of the master bedroom so you have no privacy, night or day. Who wants to be using and flushing the toilet right next to your sleeping partner’s head? And the master bedroom door doesn’t lock so again, no way to have privacy.
I hope things will improve before it really becomes truly unrentable. Most of these are simple maintenance issues. It’s a shame because it wouldn’t take much to greatly improve the apartment. We really did want to like it, so much so that we gave it a second chance. We won’t do that again.