Review from the family with a baby and two 6 year old children. Alice (owner) recommended to us their driver, who picked us up from the airport and brought us right to the apartment for 650 pesos. We left airport around 7pm and It took us 50 min to get to our place. Check in was easy. Angel- the door man, gave us keys. Elevator did not work at first, but it was fixed later. We were promised help to take bags upstairs but no one did. It is 4 stair cases to get to the apartment with suitcases and a giant stroller, which was hard since we have a baby and older children also. We asked Alice if she would get water and milk for us and this was waiting for us in the fridge. Thank you!
The next day she came to say hello but we were not home; we found a note on the door saying if we need anything please ask, which was very sweet.
The Square is 3 long blocks (not New York blocks) away from home. About 10 min walk. Lots of shopping, restaurants, fast food places, drug store with everything you need for the baby (formula, diapers, wipes, Tylenol, etc) and fantastic bakery (Madrid), with million choices of pasties, delicious coffee, and fresh squeezed orange juice.
Uber works great and take you anywhere you want within minutes.
Traffic is insane.
Sunday is a bicycle day- no cars.
The streets are noisy. You can clearly hear street traffic in the apartment even with the windows closed! Early in the morning they open their shops by sliding metal garage doors...washing asphalt, vehicles honk and you can hear it all. We personally were not bothered by that too much.
Laundry was on our floor which made my life easier. It was easy to use a machine with the sign on it “Airbnb” as well as the dryer. I had to go to the shop to buy detergent so to skip this soap trip to the store, you may want to grab a few tide pods with you from home.
Now minuses for me- dirty floor. Very dirty! Kids’ feet were black. White socks were turned into mops. Thank goodness I brought my house shoes. I wrote The owner asking to clean it for us. She sent a maid but it was still dirty. I washed kids feet probably hundred times a day.
Needed coffee!!! But none was found! Beware of using sunscreen and sitting on dining room chairs, it dissolved the paint and ruined clothes and turned skin black. This was fixed the very next day by replacing old chairs with new.
To sum it up owners were very attentive and helpful. Anything I need was done within minutes. Thank you.