We found the apartment to be spacious and bright in a very convenient and safe part of town.
It is located on the 8th Floor in a residential neighborhood. The fact that most surrounding buildings are lower ensures a panoramic view of Mexico and surrounds all the way to the bordering mountain ranges. The result is a refreshing, breezy airyness which is most welcome when one returns from a day in Mexico's hectic bustle. A further advantage of being 8 floors up is the far more tolerable noise level (by MEX standards) .
The decor can be qualified as a mix between Retro Fifties, Shabby Chic and a tad “long in the tooth”. So don’t complain about the missing 50 K$ Poggenpohl kitchen.
NOTE I: We took the time to stop by a couple of the much fancier listings and discovered that they were practically all located on major throughways with 24 hour 4-8 lane traffic, or very busy intersection or roundabouts, which were however not mentioned in the listings. This reconfirmed us in our choice.
The bed is good and Mere, the very sweet housekeeper, turns up twice a week to clean the apartment. She sternly refused our suggestion that there was no need to change bedsheets and towels every three days and insisted on adhering to her strict “Protocol”.
Nicolas, the building supervisor & safety guard was a cheerful, helpful delight.
Nai proved competent and kindly insisted that we should keep the apartment until the evening on our day of departure so we could have a rest before leaving for the airport.
We will definitely stay here next time we are in town
NOTE II : I happened to see the comments left by a previous guest (Broshi ) and was intrigued at discovering such an “Outlier” in relation to the other reviews. Having spent over 40 years as an executive in the Travel & Hospitality business, all over the world, I applied the “Standard Operating Procedure” . Step One: Investigate the commentators Track Record. The stark contrast between the praise being heaped on him as a wonderful guest in some Host comments, which he relentlessly bragged about, and the endless problems he seems to have caused Hosts with good track records was striking. Furthermore his completely unwarranted and spiteful qualification of Hosts as being “obsessive” “neurotic” etc quickly provided the necessary “psychogram” of the author.
In my humble opinion, a rental is a plain business transaction between two parties. I.e. No different than buying a vacuum cleaner. Clients have every right to document their satisfaction or lack thereof according to their own criteria as a function for example of Promise vs. Delivery. What it is clearly NOT is a session with a Psychotherapist where the Host is eliciting the Guest’s Opinion on the Host’s State of Mind or Cognitive capabilities. Standard Operating Procedure Step Two: Ignore and if you want to provide sterling service beyond the call of duty: Suggest a good therapist to the Commentator.
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