The flat is in a great location, close to restaurants and retail and transport in several different neighborhoods. The management company was responsive via the AirBnB interface, and graciously flexible in check-in and check-out. All good so far.
The apartment needs work. Know before you go:
- There was a moldy foul odor in the front of the apartment, sewage-like, that initially seemed like it was coming from standing water in the dishwasher. Running the dishwasher led to spillage onto the floor and kitchen sink backup; maintenance came within 24 hours to unstop, which fixed the water backup, but the odor persisted, and by the time of check-out the kitchen faucet was beginning to back up again.
- The shower floor drains backed up, pooling water in shower stalls, sometimes overflowing onto the floors.
- The kitchen faucet provides no hot water; needed to heat water to handwash dishes.
- The microwave is broken, non-functional
- Wifi is only functional in the front room. There is no functional booster/extender for the middle or back of the space, including office and bedrooms.
- The air is stuffy or stagnant as there are no fans or AC.
- Light bulbs burnt out (front room) during our stay, or never worked (kitchen).
- The wardrobes have extra pillows with no pillowcases
- The building is not soundproofed, so dogs and music lessons from surrounding spaces were loud, though thankfully not during off-hours.
- We ran out of toilet paper during our stay and had to provide our own.
All in all, consider your options before booking.