If you are looking for a centrally located, modern apartment with comfortable beds and AC, and you plan to be out the whole day except for when you sleep, this is the place for you. However, we were there for a week and hoping to actually use the kitchen (if only just for breakfast) and work there a little bit, and we found some problems with it.
- Several drawers in the kitchen are broken. You have to push in to access the plates, and yet the drawer doesn't close after you open it. The drawer to access the microwave, once opened, sags so it is equal to your head, just enough to ram your forehead into. They did not supply sponges or dish soap to wash the dishes. There's no separate bin for recycling. The bowls were not good for cereal - they were ridiculously shallow. These seem like little things, but this made it really annoying to use the kitchen.
- There is a homeless person who sits outside under the place where you type in the codes to access the building. I feel bad complaining; he never harassed us. Since the flat is one flight up from the ground, during the day you see him and his friend out the window trying to wrangle cars into parking spots, which I think is their 'job'. He sits right by the front door about 70% of the time and is right outside your window the other 30%. (He's even in the Google maps photo. ) We started feeling like we were intruding on his territory when we accessed the building!
- Given that the apartment is on such a busy street, it's actually rather quiet; you can put down a grate outside the window (via a button). That said, my wife found it too noisy--she felt she could feel the buses and cars driving around the corner and shifting gears at all hours of the night. It's also noisy on the weekends as it's near bars so you'll hear loud people in the wee hours.
- The towel racks in both bathrooms are falling off, hanging just on one side.
- The living room is rather dark and could use another lamp or two.
In sum, the apartment is comfortable if you wish to just sleep there, but it's not set up to be fully operational as a place to live and work inside. It's kind of a soulless, modern place that has not been kept up too well.