The host is friendly and responsive. The apartment is modern and bright, with great artificial and natural light. Space is at a premium, but there is ample storage and you should be able to find a way to use the space quite efficiently.
The great:
- The view is amazing. It has a nice little “coffee bar” with a commanding view of Taipei 101 and Elephant Mountain. It makes you feel like the city is yours, and lets you see the changing faces of Taipei 101 (beautiful sunny days, mysterious cloudy days, and romantic night time views before bed)
- The TV is quite good. I’ve watched 4K nature documentaries on it.
- The desk/working space is excellent. If you’re a nomad or a remote worker, it makes an excellent work from home space for when you don’t feel like heading to a coffee shop.
- There are coffee making supplies, you can buy beans from a local shop and make your own drip coffee.
- Great location with easy bus access to Xinyi/Da’an/Zhongshan areas, short walk to Liuzhangli station, and short walk to Tong Hua night market.
- Convenient washer and drier in the basement, and garbage/recycling on site.
Things to be aware of:
- It’s a small studio, not suitable for more than two people.
- The real elephant in the room is the lack of a separate bed. Every evening you’ll need to roll out the sofa bed. The sofa bed is reasonably comfortable by itself, but the host has also provided a foam mattress topper that makes it softer and more comfortable. I got used to taking it out and putting it away every day pretty quickly.
- There is construction going on in the building next-door on weekdays. With the window closed the sound isn’t too bad.
I stayed for a little over a month. I would definitely stay here again. I miss the view already!