The apartment is large and easy to live in. There is remodeling construction within the building on at least two floors. As long as you leave the apartment by 8:30 and don't return until after 6:00 pm the noise most likely will not bother you. The noise from the elevator -- the equipment room is located outside the front door -- is not heard in the bedroom but is heard in the living room and kitchen.
The Owner volunteered to let us move to another apartment at no cost to us. However, we didn't want to take the necessary time to locate, rent and move to another apartment so we stayed.
The owner provides clothes washing detergent, a nice touch. The hot water lasts for a nice shower. The kitchen has most the basic equipment for cooking simple meals.
Stairs from the ground floor entry door to the elevator and as noted straits from the elevator stop at the 4th floor to the apartment on the fifth floor. The balcony over looking the Palace is a half dozen steps from the apartment's front door and four additional steps up. Very nice view from the balcony.
There is a very nice Dia grocery store about0.2 miles from the apartment. There is another Dia store about the same distance which is very poor.
We would stay again if we return in a year; after the construction is most likely completed and the apartment is less noisy.