We had a mixed experience with this place. The place was clean and functional, although with limited amenities. There were four dorm-like rooms each with two or three single beds (with comfortable, clean linen – one small towel each), and a common area with a kitchen and sitting room separated from the bedrooms. There were two toilets, two sinks and two showers, again in a dorm-like setting but functional. The kitchen had dishes, glasses, silverware, etc, but no extras, like paper towels, napkins, sugar, salt and pepper – we had to buy those. There were no air conditioners and the windows had no screens, so we either kept the windows open at night and had mosquitos or closed them and had no air. Finally the water heater was finicky (needing to be reset or blowing a fuse) and twice someone had a cold shower. We made do, and it was a clean, functional and cheap apartment for a large group.

The location left a lot to be desired. First, it was hard to find, as the entrance was on the other side of where the address is in our map app. We had to call the owner to show us where the entrance was – around the corner. It’s a good thing we arrived during the day and he was close by; otherwise we would have been stranded. The door opened on a weedy sandlot in an industrial/office area with the nearest residential/shopping area several blocks away. There were a couple of picnic tables near the entrance but there were beer bottles and cigarette butts strewn about and it was not an inviting place to hang out. We had neighbors to the side and upstairs coming and going at all hours and being loud in the picnic area at night. The metro to the city was a twenty-minute walk but it was a straight shot in.