I stayed at Alina‘s place for one night during a quick trip to Mexico City.
Issue #1- The biggest issue during my stay was that the building does not have an elevator and I don’t believe that was listed in the description or maybe I missed it. The apartment is on the third floor so it is very inconvenient to go up three floors with heavy luggage. My parents were also on the trip with me and since they are older, going up three flights of stairs with heavy luggage was challenging for them.
The building is quite old and you can tell. However, the inside of the apartment is well kept.
Issue #2 - getting hot water for the shower. The instructions did indicate to let the water run a bit for hot water to start flowing but this took over 20 mins at a time. Inconvenient when you are in a rush.
Issue #3 - the bathroom sinks do not drain well. I actually messaged Alina about this and she mentioned that they place the sink pop up to the side so insects won’t crawl up the drain (yikes!). I was washing my face and had to pause for a while to let the water drain and then reopen the water to finish washing up. Another thing, the bathroom sinks are tiny which makes brushing teeth/face very inconvenient.
Issue #4 - Wifi. I was not able to connect to the wifi with the password provided. I messaged Alina about this and we tried to resolve the issue but were not successful. This wasn’t a big issue for me because I didn’t need it for work or anything like that, but could be an issue for someone else.
Issue #5 - TV. The TV connection here was bad and because the wifi did not work I think there was issues with the streaming services. Again, this was not an issue for me, but because I came with my parents and my father sometimes like to stay back and watch TV this became an issue.
I am giving this place 3 stars because the location is great, the apartment was clean and Alina was very responsive. However, I do not plan on returning to this apartment and am glad I was only here one night.