Lets start with the good: Location was excellent, a nice building on a quiet street, safe neighbourhood, within walking distance to many restaurants and subway and 24 hour doorman/security was reassuring. Karla was responsive to some of our concerns.

Now our concerns: We arrived after midnight because of a late flight, upon arrival we walked in and immediately noticed the place needed to be sanitized. There were dust balls everywhere and the toilet and seat were covered in urine (which we cleaned to make it usable). You could see that someone made an attempt to clean (not very successfully mind you) some of the surfaces with a dirty cloth that left behind dust and water streaks. There was just a trickle of water coming out of the bathroom faucet with both hot/cold taps fully on. (Karla did offer to have someone look at the bathroom faucet but we said we'd make do and used the faucet in the kitchen.) The kitchen was a mess with things just thrown into cupboards and into the oven. The kitchen counter was covered in a layer of hardened on dirt which we immediately scrubbed.

In a city where you cannot drink the tap water, maybe a couple of small bottles could have been left to tie you over until you can get to a store.

The pictures are deceptive, the place is tired and battered.

This is something that is out of Karla's control but needs mentioning. There is a building being constructed next door, construction starts at 8 am until 6 pm weekdays, 10 am until 6 pm Saturday, and on Sunday they rested. Non-stop jack-hammering!

We decided that with only four days, we would suck it up and live with it. We cleaned the space to get it to a level where we felt somewhat comfortable.