The place was in a decent position, quite central to most things, and a short walk to the train station. They provided a cot for my one year old son, which was great.
My family and I turned up and waited for half an hour in the dark lobby (maybe management were trying to save on electricity) getting eaten by mosquitoes until the owner showed up. She was nice and apologetic, something about peak hour traffic.
The flat is spacious, the beds comfortable and the bathrooms nice and well equipped. None of the furnishings are overly nice, in fact, like the overall appearance of the inside of the flat, they are well worn and just adequate for use. All around the flat were large handwritten pieces of paper stuck to the wall reading in both Chinese and English "ALARM, DO NOT TOUCH!".
There is a double sliding door that leads out onto a small balcony where, directly below, is a large trash recycling depot.
The kitchen was under equipped. The 'rules' state that only steaming or boiling is 'allowed', but even doing this is difficult. I found myself preparing my son's meals with a butter knife on the kitchen bench. No chopping board, can opener, sharp knives.....basically, none of the essentials you would expect to find when you rent and live in an apartment with your family for a week. I even had to walk down and buy a bottle opener after realising there was no way to open the bottle of wine we had brought back after our day sightseeing (I've left this in the kitchen for the next occupiers, I hope it is still there :) This all felt a wee bit patronising, as if the owners were going out of their way to make it impossible to mess up their place. Strangely the freezer was full of frozen milk with another sign reading, wait for it, "Frozen Breast Milk, DONT TOUCH!".
All in all, our holiday went very well. I managed to improvise and get my son fed, and no one really seemed to care that the view outside was of a rubbish dump, or that there were shouty signs plastered around the walls. If I return to Taipei I would not go out of my way to stay here again, but I would also recommend it to anyone who is looking for a decent sized place with comfy beds and who does not intend to prepare anything other than cereal, or a cup of tea.