This is a brilliantly-designed and decorated space. But it's important to realize, there are NO WINDOWS in this apartment. The common space does have natural light from the lovely courtyard and the huge skylight. The kitchen is well stocked. And the bathrooms are clean and well designed. In the bedrooms, though, you really feel the lack of windows. In the photos of the bedrooms, you can see that they have curtained windows. The windows look out into the hallway -- they do not go outside. The curtains let light drifts in, which is good, because when you wake up in the morning, you feel like you have a real window. The flip side is that if you are in the bedroom with the light on, people can see in from the common space. The apartment was definitely quiet. We were there in the summer, so the lack for fresh air was an issue, but most of the year, it probably wouldn't be.