BUYER BEWARE !!!! Absolutely the worst ARBNB experience. On arrival we noticed two severely water damaged areas in the bathroom, one had a plastic bag with duct tape as a patch which was falling down and the other was a poor dry wall patch, this was in the bathroom above the sink. Thick dust on the refrigerator and the clothes dryer. A kitchen cabinet door was nearly falling off the hinge. The entry door lock handle was loose and would fall off the entry door each time you closed the door from the outside. The unit is small but we knew it was, but it was also poorly equipped. No pot holders, no steak knives, one roll of single ply toilet paper. Much less than all other Arbnb experiences.
The owner called the second day we where there and said he just found out about the water leak and needed the insurance company to come look at the damage. Lies, lies lies. This had been reported back in Nov. 2019 plus it had the trash bag taped to the ceiling. He said he would refund our money if we left, but since we flew 4000 miles and we couldn't find any affordable accommodations on such short notice we had no choice to stay.
The unit is listed as undergoing a modernization and one elevator is inoperative through 2019. Well it is 2020 and apparently the one elevator has been broken as reported in a review since 2016. There is a sign at its entrance saying expect long delays for 30-45 minutes to use the elevator. So how do you prepare for that? We where on the 24th floor, too high to carry bags. When the elevator doors open up, it was often full and you would have to wait again. What if there was a medical emergency? We talked with a maintenance man who said there isn't any modernization program and that has been out of service for a really long time and when the wind is strong the remaining elevator is shut down too because of the cables it runs on are outside and it is unsafe. Sure would hate to climb up to the 40th floor. There also was no working smoke alarm in the unit, I looked inside the alarm mounted on the ceiling since the operating light wasn't illuminated, there was no battery in the alarm and never was, since the installation screws are still in the battery compartment, it wasn't hard wired either.
My over all oppression is that this unit in this old run down building, is owned by a terrible slumlord trying to squeeze as much money out of tourist as possible. Without any upgrades or consideration for safety. Every previous bad review response from the owner has a lame excuse or the tenants are blamed for the problem. If this was my only ARBNB experience I would never use them again, however I have many great experience with previous Arbnb rentals. Absolutely avoid this place is my recommendation.