DO NOT RENT - bad renovation, unsafe, uncomfortable apt
(We had unit #22, can’t speak for other units)
- building is a beautiful 19th century “hôtel particulier”, very cheaply and poorly renovated to turn it into an AirBnB factory: high rotation short term rentals with basic furniture
- Management demands a credit card security deposit before providing access (never had one requested in many years using AirBnB). AirBnB agents weren’t helpful: one said it was against their policy, while a 2nd one said it was ok…
- bedroom box spring was bent : bar in the middle supposed to hold the two slat frames was bent and touching the ground. A previous user did some acrobat bed jumping? :
+ the mattress was sinking in the middle, super uncomfortable.
+ My wife had to sleep on the floor (more comfortable than the bed…)
+ openflats replaced it after 2 nights.
- building door electric strike (latch) is quite damaged and barely works: door stays open most of the time. Not super safe
- hole in the wall between Bedroom and Bathroom (1”). Plugged with toilet paper ?
- out of 3 windows : 2 were recent double pane, one was at least 50/70 years old, single pane, letting in a lot of noise from the street and showing signs of heavy water damage
- water damage on the kitchen wall: massive cracked paint patch (4-5ft wide, 3rd high)
- heavily stained couch, walls, and curtain between the rooms (some hand prints, some blood, other unrecognizable stains…)
- a ball of hair, the size of a baseball, fell from the closet when trying to get the iron.
- in stairwell: broken window, with large (6-12”) sharp pieces still on the frame at hip level. Covered with what looks like a paper tablecloth and tape, half of it peeling off and ready to fall off
- leftover construction trash under the sink
- gross gunk growing out of shower head
- heavily corroded shower holders
- badly attached shower door handle: feels like ready to fall off
- badly attached toilet seat: only one side was somewhat secured : seat kept on sliding to the side every time we tried to sit on it
- etc
We requested twice a partial refund for the first two nights that were really uncomfortable because of the busted box spring but never heard back from OpenFlats.
Would recommend you look for anything else but not this property.