I don’t usually leave critical reviews but since there is so little information on the listing, here’s some info about the place that we would have liked to have known ahead of time.
Pros:
- Very clear check in, easy to get in and out;
- Fantastic location, super close to many destinations, we walked pretty much everywhere;
- Apartment is nicely renovated, lots of brand new furniture/finishings, although brand new listing means missing a number of essentials (see below);
- Has a lot of cooking basics, pans, pots, toaster, kettle, coffee maker (had to buy pods tho), etc.;
- Nice appliances like washer, dryer, and dishwasher.
Cons:
- Aggressive sewage smell in living room/kitchen when toilets are flushed that lasts for hours. It was putrid.
- The downstairs lobby also reeked, so maybe a building problem;
- Bedroom windows open top down, and blinds close opposite, so if you leave the window open, the blinds bang all night;
- If the windows are open, the smaller bedroom door rattles aggressively all night...it wasn't minor, it sounds like someone is trying to enter your room 24/7 and you can hear it from everywhere in the apartment;
- Doesn't seem like host is local, he did communicate, but asked to do so over whataapp rather than airbnb app, didn't respond to messages requests (like supplying linens for our third guest who was sleeping on the sofa bed) until a day later. Wet towels were left in the washing machine when we arrived. Absolutely no guestbook information in the listing or in the apartment on check in/out processes, local recommendations, how to use appliances, etc. Extremely bare bones in that department.
- Missing basic touches like hand soap, dish sponge, bins in the bathroom, bath mats (the shower design, though modern, makes water spray all over the floor);
- Wifi was fine for phone/internet use, but much too slow to stream anything on the TV;
- Lots of noise. Walls are thin and you can hear footsteps a lot. You are also above a (pretty cool) bar and around other nightlife, so expect noise til around 1am. This would be fine if the expectation were set in the listing or if closing windows blocked out some of the noise;
-The place was not cleaned very well before we arrived. There were dust bunnies everywhere, a few chocolatey fingerprints, and a dead bug under a boot print on the wall.
Overall, we thought this place had a lot of potential, and the location made up for most of the other headaches. With a few relatively minor improvements, it could easily be 5 stars.