The good and the bad. The good is that the apartment is in a private courtyard, so very quiet while in a very busy part of town. Ground floor. The bad is that there is some kind of climate control in the flat which means there is a constant noise of this. We wanted to turn it off and just survive with open windows but couldn't. We asked for a blanket for my daughter who was on the sofa bed so we could have the room cool at night, but they said they didn't have one! There was only hot water enough for one shower at a time, which we mentioned but no-one responded, so we had to plan to have one in the morning and one in the evening. If you simply want a functional apartment near the Metro, this does the job. If you want more than that this is a little lacking.