My wife and I booked this studio for 11 nights and arrived late on the first night.
We slept well, it's surprising how comfortable those fold down stretcher beds are. But shortly after 8am the next morning we were woken by concrete drills screeching through dry concrete! The noise reminded me of those old style dentist drills that that go right through your brain! I opened the curtains and discovered scaffolding halfway up our glass balcony! I was truly amazed they can erect scaffolding right around the 14th floor of a high rise!
The Filipino builders working on the scaffolding were very friendly, they smiled and waved at my wife when they saw her laying in bed ! They explained they lift the scaffolding up every 3 months once they complete each level. Which will be wonderful for this studio, they can replace the all the cracked tiles in the bathroom, and also the carpet in the living area that has a hole the size of an Australian 50 cent coin. I called that 'the money spot'
The builders said they will be using the drills every day so we quickly came up with the motto... "Vacate by 8, arrive at 5" That way we avoided the noise but still got to enjoy the fabulous views of the city over top of the scaffolding in the evening. My wife and I took turns at wiping the concrete dust off the window.
The hosts, Jason and Derek are not to blame, they had no clue about the renovation work. We are happy that they finally know and will be able to inform future guests!
I must mention how much we enjoyed the quiet evenings chatting and really appreciated that the tv didn't work, very peaceful. But after 3 nights we decided to move on and cancel the remaining 8 nights here.
Jason and Derek sent us a lovely thoughtful note saying they hope we enjoyed the stay and asked us to give them a good rating and review to help their little business... sounds like fiction but it's a true story!
Enjoy your travels! Paul