I stayed at Pierre’s place for a month so I’ll make a list of pros and cons:
Pros:
- Pierre is a nice host. But we had very little communication with him
- there were extra towels and bedding provided for us which we really appreciated. There were also a few laundry pods and dishwasher pods for us, as well as a few other kitchen amenities
- Wifi was having problems but Pierre gave us an alternative and it was very solid and fast for us (100 mbps)
- Relatively quiet street but occasionally there are loud people in the building and loud people outside at night time. Hard to close windows to block noise because there was no AC
- Elevator is very small but works fine
- having a fan in the bedroom was nice, especially on hot nights
There is ample storage in the unit, some shelves in the bedroom and some closet space
Cons:
- The apartment is nothing like it looks in the pictures. When we walked in, I was surprised to see how small it was in comparison to what it looked like in pictures. I think for two people for a short term stay this is fine, but for someone staying for a month with four pieces of luggage, our luggage took up the entire living room and it was hard to walk around
- the floors are AWFUL. It’s just broken wood so there’s a lot of gaps in the floor and water and garbage can easily get in and get stuck. The floors are also very creaky. I would highly highly suggest updating the floors.
- there are no chopping knives. Since we stayed for a month, we were cooking quite a bit and would have liked more utensils for cooking and proper knives
- The TV hardly worked. We primarily used Netflix and it was very slow and the remotes would not work
- As I mentioned above, there was no AC so we felt a bit of the heat some days
- there are many broken door handles, including the one at entrance door
- the bedroom is very small, the bed hardly fits in the room. It was extremely difficult for my wife to get to her side of the bed without sidestepping
- the couch was quite dirty, uncomfortable, and smelled faintly like vomit. The cushions would easily slide out as I was sitting. The blanket on the couch was also uncomfortable.
- No bathroom amenities besides soap
- Bathroom is very small. The edge of the door is very close to the sink and the edge of the toilet seat is very close to the towel rack. The shower was also slightly clogged when we arrived, and we had to put all our stuff on the floor of the shower as there is no shelf.
- We paid double what we would typically pay for in a high rent area in the US, and it was definitely NOT worth what we paid, the value was just not there, it was small, not very clean or updated, and just not worth it.