This is a nice, clean, bright, and large apartment. It has a lot of nice features and amenities. We had a mostly pleasant stay.
There is a major renovation project occurring on the outside of the building for 1 to 1.5 months. It started 16 Jan 2022. The front of the building is completely covered in scaffolding and netting. Workers are walking around immediately outside the windows. In the apartment, we heard their music, conversations, and construction noise, and we smelled their cigarette smoke.
Based on wifi comments and photos of the desk, we rented it for remote working. It was not ideal for remote working. The chair provided for the desk is too low; the desktop was at the level of my chest. The outlet for the desk area is inside a cabinet; you have to thread the power cord through 2 openings in the desktop and cabinet. There is a printer in the cabinet, but it was not setup. This could be a functional work space if it had a proper office chair and a power strip on the desktop. My husband worked at the vanity in the bedroom and I worked at the dining room table. The wifi is fast, stable and could support multiple zoom calls occurring at one time.
Things I liked:
The couch is large and comfortable and my husband and I enjoyed sprawling on it and watching Netflix. TV is a decent size, and it was easy to connect our android phones to its chrome cast to stream movies. I loved that the place has a washing machine and a separate clothes dryer unit. The apartment includes dish soap, dishwasher soap, laundry soap, fabric softener, basic cleaners that made it easy for us to keep the place tidy. I liked the large walkin shower with tons of hot, hot water. The master bedroom is big, with lots of space. Extra towels, pillows and blankets available. The kitchen was better equipped than other places we stayed this trip, and had enough room for two people to work in it. I loved the double ovens and the stainless steel prep area next to the stove. it also has a full size dishwasher and a big freezer.
Things to note or areas for improvement:
There are 10 steps to go up before you can reach the elevator; this is only a problem with luggage and isn't mentioned in listing.
The elevator is as wide (left to right) as most elevators, but it is only maybe 18" - 20" deep. As others have said, it worked but I think people who don't like tight spaces would be uncomfortable. A medium suitcase fits into it with a couple inches between the suitcase and both the front and back walls of the elevator.
There is a large step up into the shower and toilet area of the master bath.
The toilets are really low. My knees were above the toilet when I sat. It was difficult at times to get up from, or sit on, the toilet.
The outlet for one side of the bed in the master bedroom is behind the headboard and is not easy to reach. Rather than move the bed, I used a portable battery pack power supply to charge my phone at night, and recharged the battery pack during the day. A powerstrip here would fix this issue.
The place is kept at a pretty low temp when not in use. It took quite a while for the boiler heat system to warm up the place in January.
There is an apartment above this one, and you can hear heavy footsteps from that apartment.