We were looking for a place for an extended stay and found an apartment owned by Jose. We needed two workspaces for both of us, so after chatting for a bit with Jose he suggested we take another apartment of his which is slightly bigger and is in the same building. It wasn’t listed on Airbnb because someone was renting it for a year. We agreed and booked this apartment.
On the day of arrival our flight was late at night and we only got into apartment at 1 am. When we came in, we right away noticed that it wasn’t properly cleaned: there was dust in sinks, hairs on the floor and on the bedsheets.. we immediately notified Jose, but he told us that there’s nothing he could do about it since it was late at night. We were left in the place not suitable for sleeping in the middle of the night. We called Airbnb helpdesk and they suggested we find an accommodation for the night which they will compensate for. Mind you, we are tired from our flight and have to work the next day. And also booking a hotel at 2 am through booking apps is impossible - the system already sees it as “next day” and you can’t actually book current night.. so we had to manually call the hotels and look for a room in an unfamiliar city. Not a pleasant experience.
The next day Jose called in two people to clean the apartment and it was ready by about 4-5 pm. We spent the whole day in co-working space and couldn’t use the apartment we paid for.
Another issue was next week with the internet. At some point it stopped working. The technicians had to come fix it and we had to go to coworking again. After it was presumably fixed, we still had issues with it for the next several days.
In general, the apartment is spacious and the pictures reflect it realistically. Windows in your living room and one of the bedrooms are facing the next apartment and you can see and hear what’s going on there. Not much privacy. The location is in Centro, which means it’s walking distance from Bellas Artes, Alameda, Metropolitan Cathedral and Zocalo. But the area is not really safe especially in the evening, so be mindful of your surroundings. There is also an abandoned building right next to the apartment building, which explains the dust within the apartment. It was also noisy at night, one of the nights the party was going till 3-4 am (and it wasn’t the weekend), and the windows can’t really block the noise.
If you like to go to other neighbourhoods like Condesa, Roma or Juarez, you’ll have to take an Uber - it’s not walking distance plus at night it’s not recommended to walk in this area.
So our recommendation is, if you want to take this apartment for extended stay, consider the above mentioned details. But if you’re coming for a couple of day or a week just to explore the city, this might work for you, as location is central and it might outweigh everything else.