If you have vertigo, this is not the place for you. The apartment tilts to one side and it’s incredibly noticeable, especially when you walk around. There are stoppers under most doors because without them, the doors close due to the gravity pulling them. It was so weird, even my 6 year old noticed.
I was so curious as to why the apartment was slanted so I asked the building maintenance guy and he said the whole building was built wrong since the beginning.
So, if you have vertigo, or worry about earthquakes damaging an already messed up building… I’d pass on this place.
Aside from this, my main grievance was the lack of cleanliness. I’ve always had such a good experience with the places I’ve stayed at and I don’t love writing “not great” reviews (this might even be my first), but I feel this could help people make their decisions.
When we arrived, there was a burrito in the fridge, old coffee in the coffee machine, a stain on a blanket, stain on a hand towel, stain on the kitchen counter, food stains on some plates, etc etc..
I told the host about all this on checkout day and he was upset I didn’t tell him before. I explained to him that due to safety, it’s never a good idea to bombard the host with complaints like this because well, you never know.
That’s the reality of things. You never know. Especially as a woman, traveling w my wife and daughter, you never know if your comment about a dirty plate will bother the host and I have my safety to consider. What if the host kicks you out? What if they have another key? There are too many what ifs and safety is a huge priority for me.
Besides, what could he have done if I had mentioned the lack of cleanliness upon check in? Send the cleaning person again and disrupt our privacy? Especially since all of our things were out in the open now? No thank you. I’d much rather move forward and save these things for the review. Bc that’s what reviews are for and honestly, your place SHOULD be clean. It’s the most basic thing to do.
Mind you, this cleaning person was there for 3 hours prior to our check in. If they missed all that, I don’t think an extra hour would have made a difference except just make us uncomfortable.
He had to send a maintenance guy to fix a toilet because the water wasn’t running through it and that was already super uncomfortable. He wanted to send him again the following day bc the fix was to remove the whole toilet and it would’ve taken hours to finish, but we said no thank you to that. It would’ve been too inconvenient and uncomfortable so we made due with 1 toilet.
What bothered me most about our interaction was that he told me he was “also unsatisfied” with our stay before we even left, I guess bc I made the comment about cleanliness?
But there was nothing I did wrong. I respected his check in/out times, I respected him, the apartment, I was mindful of sound, I cleaned the apartment, honestly, it blindside me a bit.
But oh well!
Overall the place is ok for someone that doesn’t care too much about cleanliness. Someone that might not mind opening up a closet and it being FULL of things, all disorganized and messy.
It feels like you’re staying at a college kid’s house.
Location is awesome though!