This place definitely has its charm but a few things to note prior booking…
Pros:
- Centrally located, close to all the restaurants and a few site seeing spots.
- Street parking but not hard to find a spot.
- Very quiet area, no loud noise to be expected.
- Provides a lot of cable channels (HBO and Cinemax, etc).
- Daphne is very responsive, so no issues on that.
Cons:
- If you are over the height of 5ft, find another Airbnb. This apt is at the top of the house and there were times I was hitting the ceiling coming down the stairs or viseversa (note that I’m 5’3”).
- The pictures make the apartment look bigger than it actually is, please take that into consideration. Description says it can room up to 4, not true. You’re pushing it with 3 people.
- Queen size bed mattress needs to be replaced, it sinks in too much in the middle.
- The bathroom is beyond small, barely any space. I hit my head on the ceiling a few times coming out of the shower. Also shower head is leveled for someone 5ft or shorter, so expect to bend under.
- Furniture did not match the picture, the couch was very old and dingy. Definitely needs to be replaced.
- For a listed superhost, we had no provided essentials aside from toilet paper and a hair dryer. Not even a tissue box. There was a small drawer stand of toiletries in the bathroom which had not been thoroughly cleaned and the items in there looked very old and previously used (assuming things previous guests have left). Nothing had been wiped down (sticky dust was visible on all items) and the loofa had black flakes in it, either used or super old.
- Be cautious of asking for early check in. Daphne did accommodate but the apartment was not properly cleaned. There was dust on the top sill of the shower, all over the tv, frame pictures, kitchen counter was sticky (we wiped it down ourselves and saw it was not clean). Carpet was not thoroughly vacuumed (and was very dark, needs to be steam cleaned), we at one point were wiping water off the kitchen and bathroom floor, both floors had not been cleaned. Our Lysol wipe was fully black. We also noticed that the upstairs carpet had not been throughly vacuumed, I was tracking blond hair on my socks (friend has black hair and i’m a brunette), the comforters and pillows were not washed at all (it smelled like sweat), at one point I pulled the comforter out from the back of the bed and a giant dust ball with blond hair came out with it. If extra time was needed for a full cleaning, we should of been told early check in was not possible. We would have gone for lunch or something. Especially during covid, this was quite alarming- granted Airbnb’s policy states that apartments should be thoroughly cleaned. Something to note.
Otherwise, all in all, this place was okay.