The good:
- Great location bang in centre of CdMx, 3 minute walk from Bellas Artes
- Fully renovated building and apartment with a modern feel
- Fully equipped and well thought out, great eye for detail
- Smeg kettle and fridge, comfy high bed and sofa bed, plush velvet chairs
- Super clean and cozy
The bad:
- The host (hosts?) are not physically on site
- When messaging sometimes you get answers from one person, or the other or both? Confusing
- There is a decorative fountain in the building which makes a huge noise, like somebody is constantly flushing a toilet, kept my friend awake
- No laundry liquid provided. It would cost very little to leave a cheap bag of detergent for guests rather than being told to bring our own.
- Got told off for hanging a T Shirt to dry on the balcony. I was advised to use the machines upstairs even tho some items of clothing are hand wash only, plus why would I waste so much time and electricity in washing and drying 3 items of clothing? Mad. Think about the environment please.
- No drinking water provided, only a Brita filter which to my knowledge only improves water taste but it doesn't make it potable. We had to keep buying bottled water or boiling our own. Easily solvable if you provided Microdyn or Duadyn drops for guests. Wish I'd thought of this but I ended up smashing a water jug whilst pouring boiling water in it, which was promptly charged for at the bargain price of $500 pesos / 26 US Dollars (would love to see the original receipt for it)
The ugly:
- The place is in an alleyway in Chinatown, which is lively but also very dirty. The alleyway is covered in dog poo on a daily basis as locals leave their dogs to roam around unleashed all day and dont bother cleaning up after them, very insalubrious and not for the squeamish
- Builders at the end of the alleyway start making banging noises early in the morning
- If you break something or an item goes amiss, expect to be invoiced very handsomely for it as all the gear in the apartment seems to be charged as "luxury" or "premium" items (eg: hand towels are apparently over 300 pesos EACH or about 17 US dollars) although no proof of purchase is provided so you just have to go along with their prices.
- The doormen ask your guests for ID before being allowed into the flat for a quick visit?! Very unwelcoming and downright rude. What if they haven't got one, are they not allowed in?