There are pluses and minuses with everything, this unit has more pluses than minuses.
Geographically the unit is in a great location. Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road and Manchester Victoria are all within a fifteen-minute walk. Any one of these train stations will give you complete and easy access to all parts of the country.
In addition to this, there is a tram station within a 5-minute walk from the unit, this is an excellent asset as you can catch the tram to the Trafford Centre where there is a major grocery store located along with a Costco and the Trafford Center mall itself.
The unit was clean when I arrived and the layout was good. for its location. I was surprised by how little street noise made it into the unit considering its location. I was only woken up by the street noise on a couple of occasions. There was an adequate number of pots and pans along with dishes and utensils. The washing machine is a great feature in the unit as it saves on looking around for a laundry facility.
Some of the minor things that were not present were a teapot and a filtered coffee maker both are inexpensive and would make a great addition to the unit. There were only three towels in the unit and I would recommend several more, again an inexpensive item but a welcomed one. The toaster could do with being upgraded as it starting to fail. I could not find a knife sharpener and again the unit would benefit from having one. The only other item that I noticed was damage to the wall behind the main living area door, there is no door stop so when someone pushes open the door there is nothing to prevent it from hitting the wall. The door is spring loaded and there was a chair holding open the door in order to prevent someone from doing more damage to the wall, a simple two-pound door stop will fix the problem.
The more concerning items are. The ceiling in the bathroom, the ceiling paint is peeling and there are signs of mould, this should be addressed before things get worse. The (Bed) mattress has two very distinct dips in the mattress one for him and one for her in short when you roll over in the middle of the night you wind up rolling uphill and once you hit the peak you roll down the other side. The short version is that the mattress is past its life expectancy and needs to be replaced.
Finally, the sofa in the living room is not what it appears. The photos posted on the Aiirbnb website are different from what is actually there. When you arrive at first glance the sofa appears to be fine but when you sit down and place your arm on the sofa arm it collapses. There was a blanket strategically placed over the sofa arm to make it look like everything was fine but it is not. I can only conclude from the photos of the sofa posted on Airbnb were taken when the sofa was first purchased.
The most important question is would I stay there again? The simple answer is Yes as long as the most concerning issues are addressed and the bed and sofa are updated.