Unfortunately, I can’t say many good things about this place. The listing description was updated after I booked it, so I will base my review on the ‘updated’ details only.
Pros:
-Fully stocked kitchen, if you’d like to prepare your own meals—lots of utensils, plates, dishwasher, cooktop, oven, etc. -Cable TV
-Good heating throughout the apartment
-Reliable Wi-Fi
-Washer/Dryer (although I didn’t use them)
Cons:
-This place was messy and cluttered in EVERY space I had access to (a closet and a second room is locked and marked as ‘Private’—so much for having access to the ‘entire place’)
-The bedroom has two nightstands, a dresser and a closet. Unfortunately, since the closet is locked, you don’t have a place to hang your clothes or stow your luggage away.
-The night stands were stuffed with junk—so you can’t put anything in those shelves
-The dresser was stuffed (messily) to the max with the personal clothing of the host. So again, no place to put your folded clothing. I lived out of my suitcase, as I had no options to put my clothes anywhere. -There were clothes, shoes and plenty of dust and dirt spilling out from underneath the bed too. I’ve never seen anything like it while staying at an Airbnb place.
-The bedroom is on the street level and directly by the sidewalk, so opening the windows to let in air is not really an option—unless you want to be exposed to the foot traffic walking by and have no privacy or sense of security (especially at night, while sleeping)
-The bathroom was no better—the two drawers were filled to the max with a ton of junk and the host’s personal belongings, so I had no place to put my toiletries.
-The ‘updated’ listing says 1.5 bathrooms—but there was a single toilet (.5) separated from the shower/bathtub/sink across the hall. This is misleading since the other bathroom is NOT a complete 1 bathroom (which means it includes a toilet). This simply is a split one bathroom with a spare tiny basin.
-The kitchen—I would have loved to grocery shop and have space for my food, but most of all the shelves and drawers in the fridge/freezer were filled with the host’s open, used food—including some spoiled, smelly food I had to throw out because the smell took over the entire kitchen. The dishwasher was left with a few dirty dishes inside—as well as some sort of food spilled inside it
-You will hear every noise from all the neighbors, so if you’re at all sensitive to sounds early in the morning or during the day, then DON’T stay here. A VERY loud and annoying neighbor next door woke me each morning playing and singing opera on a keyboard at 8am over the weekend. I also heard noise from the neighbors above— young kids running around and boisterous conversations. The walls are incredibly thin all over the apartment—I could hear conversations while in the bedroom and living room.
-The blankets on the couch had hair all over them.
Overall, It felt as if I were an uninvited guest who dropped in unannounced—vs a paid customer who paid quite a premium to stay there. I would NOT recommend this place.