We recently travelled to Taiwan for work. We go to Taipei every year and we always stay in hotels. This time, we chose an apartment because we were going to be there 14 days, instead of our usual 5 days. We wanted to have a comfortable space to work and also to be able to cook a lot of the meals at home. We always stay in the Dongmen MRT area, it's fun and there are plenty of amenities, the location of the apartment was therefore perfect! Unfortunately, excluding the host (who was super nice and helpful!) from the start we didn't have the best experience. When we arrived the place was freezing, after that first night we got sick, to make things worse, the kitchen was very dirty, the bathroom mouldy, the drain was plugged (lots of still water!), there was no docking for the shower head (the best thing is a nice shower in the morning or evening and this shower was super uncomfortable!). We bought a removable dock, so we were able to fix this in the end. The kitchen was super filthy (the fridge had food stuck to the shelves!), there was old smelly food in the cupboards, there weren't enough utensils (we went out and got plates and bowls and a new cutting board because the one there was so filthy and a new knife that actually worked). We weren't able to eat there at all, except for breakfast. The lighter for the gas stove was out of fuel, and the kettle wasn't working. Stefano was super fast in providing replacements, so it was only an issue for a couple of days. But unfortunately, the new kettle didn't work because it had the wrong plug and we couldn't plug it in anywhere in the apt. We booked this place because it said it was very bright, but it wasn't. So many lightbulbs were out, and with it being winter, natural light wasn't coming through at all. The listing is very honest about the lack of elevator, however it doesn't say anything about how narrow the steps are and how difficult it is to get suitcases up and down. The Wifi was super fast! The apartment big (if there's four of you there are only 3 chairs at the dining table) There are 2 beds. One incredibly soft, and one incredibly hard. We were, unfortunately, unable to get a good night sleep for our whole stay as we kept waking up in the middle of the night because the beds were so uncomfortable. It's a little awkward to stay there for 2 weeks as well because we had to keep the rubbish in the balcony so it started getting fruit flies and smelling bad! But we were told to do this until the cleaning company went to tidy up after we left. It wasn't super terrible! But it was just not at all what we expected from the nice, stylish, new and super bright apartment that...