This apartment is OK for a city stop over place. On arrival, you enter through a very tired looking front door into an even more tired shared stairway. It reminded me of student accommodations from the ‘90s! The overall appearance of the flat was very clean, the cleaners had obviously done a good job. However, the quality of finish in the flat is quite poor. You can easily see the slap dash painting that has been done, with paint dripped down the windows, splashed on furniture and missed in lots of areas where it should be!
There is a general feel of “wobble” in the fixtures and fittings, from the toilet to the sofa (which would struggle to fit four, let alone 6) and the dining chairs. The bed in the main room is extremely squeaky, to the point, it woke me up every time I moved. The ‘photo for the bed in the second room is not the bed that was in the flat when we went! What was shown on the ‘photo is an Ikea daybed, one of which we have at home and partly why we chose this flat over others, as we know how comfortable they are. What was actually in the room are two single beds pushed together (no problem) that are only a few inches off the floor (unusual and not convenient for many, ourselves included).
I contacted the “team” to advise that the hot water was not working properly on the first morning and was advised that the heating was set for certain times (as we were told in the pre arrival information). I sent back a ‘photo of the boiler to show that this wasn’t the case and that both the day and time were not correct and that it was set to on but turned right down and also that the bedroom radiator was making a lot of noise so we had to turn off and that the bathroom radiator didn’t work. The reply I received just asked if the timer was incorrect, there was no acknowledgment of the radiator issues, I assume they must have already known. We were only there for a few days and luckily, it wasn’t too cold so we left it as I didn’t have the time to bat emails back and forth.
It should also be noted that there is no door to the lounge so no way of closing this area off either once for the children had gone to bed or for privacy for anyone sleeping in there.
The location is quite good and walkable to many attractions. The property is located high up in Bristol so coming home is always on a steep incline. No bother to us but may be to some. The area was very quiet and peaceful, however, we did visit over school and University holidays. You can hear sounds from the other flats in the building although these went on into the early hours, whilst we were there, they were just normal moving around a flat kind of sounds, which you would have to accept in this type of property.
In summary, a bit over priced and under delivered.