The apartment is in beautiful leafy Condesa, is tastefully decorated, efficiently designed, immaculately clean, comfortable and luminous. The sliding balcony doors, when open, allow for a beautiful breeze. Nights can get cool, but the combined a/c//heater unit was perfect for taking the chill off. (I never needed the a/c.) The kitchen appliances were clearly chosen with care, the large Nikken water filter is great, the gas range is wonderful to cook on, and there is a Nespresso machine. The bathroom is well-designed, with lots of hot water. The bed is comfortable, and the overhead fan is great for circulating air. Wifi is relatively strong; the TV is great for Netflix; the blackout blinds and Bluetooth speaker are very useful. The building is secure, with friendly staff in Milo’s below, and is easy to find for Uber and Uber Eats.
The area is comparatively peaceful in relation to the rest of the city, with typical city noises of barking dogs, car horns and motorbikes. I used earplugs at night. There is a Superama grocery store about 15 minutes away that stocks everything that one might need.
As an Airbnb Plus rental, it would be useful to have instructions for the dishwasher and Sky TV. It took me a while figuring them out, which I did thanks to Google. I was in the apartment for a little over two weeks and found that the kitchen is lacking items though if one wants to cook, such as serving dishes, salad bowl, oven cookware, leftover containers, vegetable peeler. A small foldable chair for the balcony would be great.
Also, the kitchen has a wall of sliding doors with frosted glass. At various times, the friendly cleaning ladies came into the apartment unannounced through the main door, or knocked and entered immediately, and then opened the sliding kitchen door to access a washer and dryer on the other side of the door. Sometimes, I would come back to find their key in the sliding kitchen door, so had to hunt them out to return it to them. Or, they would suddenly appear on the balcony in order to fetch washing that had been laid out on the planters in order to dry. One day, three people came, unannounced, to deliver and set up a new dryer, and needed to do so by accessing that area through the apartment’s kitchen. On another occasion, there was no water, and I had to find someone in the building to explain what was happening. No news was communicated to me personally without having to ask. Comings and goings and communication could be improved.
Overall, this is a lovely apartment, well-furnished and with sophisticated attention to detail, in a beautiful neighbourhood.