Our experience at this apartment was mixed. The apartment is as others have described it- close to the metro station with easy access to central Manchester, close to shops and restaurants and with easy parking on the street. Laura is a very accessible and friendly host. Check in was easy and she promptly and professionally dealt with a problematic plumbing issue. The apartment is clean , freshly painted, well equipped, with starter provisions of tea, coffee, sugar etc and we made good use of the washing machine during our almost week long stay.
The kitchen living room is a stylish space but the airbnb photos do not show that the front door and front windows are opaque glass, so the room feels quite dark and closed in. We like to look out. The apartment is quite spacious, but the bathroom is down the hall, around the corner and up a half flight of steep stairs, in relation to the double bedroom. We found this location very inconvenient, though the bathroom is in close proximity to the second bedroom.
Although the apartment itself is well maintained, the entrance is a shocker. We initially thought we had arrived at the wrong address. We had to fight our way though a line of garbage bins, which seem to be a feature of this unfashionable section of the street, to find the entrance to the stairs down to the basement apartment. Not sure why it is called a garden apartment as the entrance patio is overgrown with weeds and dead pots, the steps need a good clean and the whole place looks derelict and distinctly unwelcoming.
Finally, we expected better quality bed linens, as we have experienced every where else we have ever stayed.