Not worth the money
Let’s start with the positives though…
The place is quite nice, beautiful decor, the layout is perfect. The location is good too, everything was pretty close. The apartment was clean and the kitchen was well enough equipped. Overall, the apartment was beautiful, check-in (although late) was easy and the location allowed us to do everything we wanted without much fuss regarding transportation.
As for why the apartment is not worth the money:
It was extremely difficult to get parking on the street of the building, we had to park far away from the apartment which was far from convenient when dealing with luggage or grocery shopping.
The apartment REEKED with the smell of pot, we guess that our neighbors were enjoying some quite frequently.
There were some plates in the kitchen that were chipped.
Also, some of the knobs on the gas stove were missing, which was especially troubling when we were awaken at 12 am the second night of our stay by the carbon monoxide alarm. We had to call the firefighters only for them to tell us that there was a malfunction with the alarm and they uninstalled it.
The fire alarm was also checked by the firefighters, it was obnoxiously beeping intermittently throughout the day, and it turned out to be another malfunction.
This was not fixed during our stay.
There was great confusion with the host. 2 different people knocked on our door saying they were the manager of the property, once in the morning and the other late at night. A host (we don’t know who) entered the apartment without our permission, after Heirloom (the company listing the Airbnb), asked if the could go inside after we had left the apartment and we explicitly told them that we did not want anyone to enter the apartment while we weren’t there.
For almost $600 a night, we expected a peaceful, relaxing stay in a full functioning apartment, no knobs missing on the stove, no malfunctions of the carbon monoxide alarm, no obnoxious beeping of the fire alarm. The host denied their UNAUTHORIZED entry to the apartment, despite them clearly having moved things around during our absence (we have photo proof because we sensed they would go inside despite us explicitly telling them we were not comfortable with it and did not allow it)
So, although the apartment looks gorgeous in the pictures, it is not worth your money. The apartment IS pretty, but it clearly needs some improving especially with the safety measures and kitchen. Save yourself from the stress and headaches of having to deal with Heirloom and the countless “property managers” that show up at your door.