There are good and less good things about this apartment. The good news is that the liabilities could be fixed fairly easily, and it is baffling that they haven't bothered to do so. Part of the problem is that the apartment is designed more to be looked at than lived in. With minor exceptions, the motif is stark white throughout, including walls and dining table/chairs (there is a green wall in the bedroom and the couches are green). The living room couches have virtually no back, making them useless as places to sit for more than two minutes. The white walls are unbroken by a single picture, creating an ambiance more suited to an interrogation than a salon. The kitchen appliances are very good (gas stove in particular) but the reviewers who said the place is well-equipped obviously used it as a hotel room rather than a place to prepare or eat food in. One pot. No corkscrew. Two unmatched drinking glasses. No kettle or teapot. Three good non-stick frying pans were the redeeming elements.

There are no hooks on the back of the bathroom door to hang a towel on. The bed is comfortable, the cable TV works well, the location is perfect, and it's pretty good value. The laundry room 3 floors up is a great feature, and the rooftop deck would be worth spending some time on in warmer weather. If the function matched the form, it would rate another star or even two. Julian and Constanza are very nice and the communication throughout was prompt and efficient.