"Elegant" is definitely not a word I would use to describe this flat. The pictures evidently show the flat before a single person stepped foot it in. To start, the walls in every room of the flat are completely scratched, some look like a lion tore at them. The tables were almost all scratched, the couch was ripped, and the beds were hard as rock. It doesn't look like anyone has put any care into this apartment in a very long time. A few hours time and a little bit of paint on the walls would go a LONG way.
The flat is quite small; I'm from New York and I understand city apartments are quite small, but this one was still a bit shocking compared to the pictures. The fact it has two bedrooms and bathrooms is obviously a selling point, but the bedrooms themselves are completely bare aside from the beds. The living room was the only part of the apartment that was even remotely homey and enjoyable to be in.
The location of the apartment is nice, but the price does not justify the condition whatsoever. It was really disappointing to pay $1,000 for this place for 3 nights. I also cannot wrap my ahead around people charging $120 in cleaning fees and then requiring guests to take out their own trash!
The property managers of the flat were also quite annoying. I received 5+ messages from them before even arriving, including about their random services (airport pickup, activities, who knows what else). They have a myriad of fees they charge for late check-ins, which was bothersome even though it didn't affect us. We did have to specify an exact time to meet someone to check-in, when most Airbnbs these days have figured out easier ways to exchange keys. Then, when it came down to it, they were less than helpful once we arrived and messaged them to say the wifi network listed in the house manual was non-existent. They "advised" it was in fact working (it wasn't). Luckily there was a public wifi network owned by the restaurant downstairs, but the secure network an apartment should have was not there.