Chen's place was great for us, and is a terrific base of operations for exploring Taipei. We enjoyed staying there, and recommend it.
Good
- perfect location, close to transit, lots of great shops and restaurants
- nice apartment, very clean (although ants and occasional roaches in the kitchen area). Nice living room area, spacious bedroom with two big confortable beds, nice bed linens
- compact and well-equipped kitchen area
- wonderful bathroom with terrific shower, large bathtub and lots of hot water
Slightly Less Good
- no natural light. There are several windows but the apartment is on the ground floor next to the sidewalk. So you have this choice:
(1) keep blinds down, with privacy but no natural light, or
(2) keep blinds up with lots of light but no privacy (people looking in all the time from the sidewalk).
This isn't really a problem if you're out all day (as we were) and just staying in the apartment at night.