I stayed at Lakshmi’s home for a month to work from home while exploring the city on weekends. In renting a long term Airbnb, and knowing I would be spending the majority of my days working in it, I had two key considerations: internet and noise. The internet is pretty decent, strong enough to support two people on zoom videocalls all day with minimal issues. The outside noise is as expected for Mexico City - the city is always alive, and there were just two instances where I wore earplugs to sleep. Although on a busy street the apartment building itself is set back quite a ways from the street, helping to temper street noise. At the time of my stay there was ongoing construction across the street, and though I could hear some noise, it didn’t bother me or disrupt my work calls. The thing to note is that the walls throughout the building are very thin, and you can truly hear your neighbors living their daily lives, having regular conversations, watching TV, playing music, for better or for worse - we were all in it together while many of us worked from home.
Aside from those two fronts, the apartment has a lot to offer. It is a really fantastic location, walking and Uber distance of so much! We loved being able to step out for lunch breaks. The apartment has plenty of amenities to make it feel like home - fresh flowers, a fully equipped kitchen, coffee and condiments, extra blankets, fans and heaters, etc! Like other reviewers, I appreciated the very secure doorman setup. Hot water was reliable 95% of the time, and first-time travelers to Mexico City can appreciate that hot water is a citywide infrastructural issue.
Lakshmi as a host was very responsive and quick to address small issues with the apartment once we flagged them. I appreciated how she spelled out the quirks of the building in a no BS way and really appreciated her consideration of some special requests I made - she definitely knows what she’s doing in running several Airbnbs! Overall would definitely recommend and would stay again!