Pros:
Generally very clean
Beautiful view from living room
Cons:
Asked to remove garbage bags out of apartment and bring to nearby dumpster - not a 5 star place if this is asked of guests.
5 floor steep staircase climb in building to get to room - not a game changer for us but future guests who have trouble with stairs should know.
When we arrived the “manager” Alix told us he left the building front door unlocked for us since he “knew we were coming”…. We later discovered the front door doesn’t lock and when we asked a local tenant they said “that lock hasn’t worked for months”. We messaged the manager and his response was casual that he’s “known about that” … would have been appreciated if he informed us, didn’t lie, and give us a 5 minute spiel on how to use the keys to lock the door…
It is not in the listing that you need to disclose your passport ID, tax number ID and birthday but the day of your arrival they REQUIRE you to fill out a check in form where you HAVE to fill all this in in order to stay in the house. I confirmed with AIR B B customer service that this is NOT appropriate.
Before you leave they REQUIRE you to fill out a “check out” form via a 3rd party site - where they make you put in a review. This defeats the purpose of the air b b anonymity with reviews where you can only read what each other say after the stay. Very uncomfortable to have to review a place while staying there especially in this case where there were things that were not ok.
Ran out of toilet paper (given 2 small rolls for 4 people for 3 days).