Beware. Here is what you need to know.
- Air conditioning: only available during the key summer months (June-September). The building turns off the AC during all of the other months. In late October, temperatures were in the low 80s and humid. Inside, there was NO air conditioning and we could never get the apartment below 76 (windows open). When the outside temperature dropped to 68, it was still 76 inside. The apartment is stuffy, humid, and uncomfortable without air conditioning. There are two desk fans (6 inch blade), which are worthless.
- Mosquitoes: the apartment windows were open upon arrival. Because there is NO air conditioning, we left the windows open to cool off the apartment. Big mistake. Enough mosquitoes got in that we were bitten every night for a week (20+ bites between two adults).
- Location: central, safe.
- Construction: multi-story scaffolding was erected in late Oct-18 directly outside the en suite bedroom window. Lots of noise, intermittently, from 7:30AM-6:00PM.
- Noise: busy street with a decent amount of noise. You will hear cars/motorcycles in the front bedroom. A noise maker will not completely drown out the noise. The en suite in the back is quiet. No noise from neighbors.
- Elevators: wide enough for a full size UPPAbaby stroller.
- Bedrooms: beds consist of an extra firm mattress (uncomfortable - more than one sore back), bottom sheet, lightweight comforter with a duvee, and two pillows (floppy) per bed. Shutters on the en suite (back bedroom) allow you to black out the room. Front bedroom partially blacks out. Great closet storage space.
- Couches: stained, but covered with a clean sheet.
- Wifi: streamed Netflix. No issues.
- Pictures: accurately represent the appearance - a nicely decorated, newer, and clean apartment.