First the positive:
Anton sent detailed instructions to the apartment prior to our stay.
Although, the view, furniture and décor don’t match the apartment photos shown on the website, the apartment where I stayed was very similar.
A perfect base for our needs in DC. (Note: If you are looking for a quiet stay, this is not your place. It is noisy, but other reviewers indicate that as well. We knew it, we lived with it)
The kitchen is well equipped and we enjoyed cooking at the apartment.
The bathroom is spacious and the water pressure provides a great shower. Good toiletries as well. New fluffy towels!
The décor was fine, done in good taste.
Most of the amenities worked has described.
Now for the negative stuff:
Biggest issue is the cleanliness of the place. It definitely is the weakest point of this place. There was a thick layer of dust in many corners that were in plain sight. Wood floors were sticky on several spots.
The left wall of the refrigerator, next to the sink, has not been cleaned.
The bathroom walls were moldy in several places. The glass doors in the shower have not been cleaned either.
There are spills, smudges, and stains in many points on the walls. They need cleaning and painting.
I was charged a hefty fee to have the place “professionally” cleaned. I surmise the guest before me paid the same fee, so the apartment would be ready for my arrival. At best, the place was perfunctorily cleaned. I give an F for the job.
There is a big water stain on the ceiling on a spot near the front window.
The lighting was atrocious; several lightbulbs did not work.
The front windows are not insulated and a blast of cold air comes from outside.
There was an incongruent lounge chair left in the bedroom.
Four clocks in the apartment: 2 did not work (top of the kitchen cabinets and microwave), 1 had the wrong time.
3 controls for the TV and no instructions how to operate them.
No key to the garbage area –none of the keys I had opened it.