PROS:
Great location. Hardly had to use Uber/Lyft to travel Boston.
The apartment at first glance is cute and cozy.
Apartment/location is secure.
CONS:
The floor/ceiling is paper thin. There’s five floors. You can literally hear EVERYTHING. The floor is made of wood which is hardly nailed down and makes a ridiculous amount of noise.roll over in your sleep? Yup you can hear that! Singing ? Yup you can hear that. Simply walking to the bathroom? Yup sounds like an earthquake. These apartments are perfect for a deaf persons or people who are comatose sleepers.
I had an issue with the upstairs neighbors child sprinting back and forth at 6 AM. The host shut his phone off and was unresponsive till 9AM. He said he would correct the issue. The next day we had the same problem and I had to go upstairs and tell them to control their child. Not enjoyable to do this while on vacation. Host did ZERO to help/correct.
There were also loose tiles in the kitchen area which I tripped on. I simply removed the completely free tile and put in a cabinet for safety.
Bedroom window blinds were missing and clearly had broken off and had not been replaced. The sun was blaring into the room super early.
Had some black mold in the bathroom in which it is obvious the maintenance crew covered with wall putty instead of correcting the proper way. Probably not a great place to stay if you have asthma.
The key has a hard time unlocking the door. Spent 10 minutes jiggling a key in the door just to unlock it.
Side note: There is a 200$ penalty if you lose the door key. So the host wants the key in the lockbox the entire time. I just think this is petty and unnecessary fee for a 5$ key loss.