Samia’s place is very well located and designed very well! The canal st, martin area is fabulous!
With that being said, samia’s place had the following inaccuracies/challenges:
1. No handbook or instruction manual.
2. Nothing translates into English
3. Although the place states there is laundry available, Samia lock up all of her laundry materials, and when asked seemed shocked that someone traveling for 3 days wants to do laundry. If you think you might need to do your own laundry, bring detergent (I had to buy my own) and be prepared that there is no dryer or place to hang so you’ll need to get creative.
4. The check in process is challenging, especially if you have a lot of luggage as it requires a lot of back and forth between floors. Also, the apartment is not clearly labeled.
5. Most importantly, Samia is very challenging to deal with, is particular, and at Times incredibly unaccomodating and rude. I had a very unpleasant experience in checking out with her.
Overall, despite the amazing location and beautiful design of apartment, I wouldn’t recommend this stay due to samia’s lack of flexibility and customer service, unfriendliness to international travelers, and misrepresentation on the description.