First I’ll start with the pros of the place:
It’s in a great location; very close to Fenway park
The building where it is located is safe
The cost is comparable to other rents in the area
The cons about the apartment:
We arrived to find lots of food in the freezer and thought the owner had left it there for us. However, to our surprise (and disgust) it was an ice cream container with half eaten ice cream and a bunch of other things that were already opened and used. The ice cream part was the most unsettling one. Shows that no thought was put on leaving a clean impression because I don’t think anyone eats half eaten ice cream from someone you don’t know
The water takes forever to warm up in the shower, like probably 5 minutes and the it gets scorching hot
The listing is misadvertised. There is no oven, just a convection oven. And there is no washer and dryer. There is a washer and dryer in the building but you have to pay for it and it’s painful. Only takes 5 and 10 dollar bills and you have to purchase a reloadable card
Communication: this was the worst part of the experience.
Before arrival we were reached out to by Mark to say that new furniture would be delivered by first week of July ( which is the same week our rental started). Mark knowing that we are nurses who work nights, stated that he would let us know in advance the day so he wouldn’t disturb our slumber. The week the furniture was supposed to arrive Mark told us the shipment was stuck somewhere and was not gonna be delivered for now. At this point we had gone to target and bought some plastic storage containers because the place has NO storage. Just a little closet.
2 weeks went by and no mention of furniture until my husband ran into him and he said they were gonna have furniture delivered at the end of September. My husband tells him to plan the date of delivery with us so we can tell him when we are off, he says yeah sure and delivery and set up only takes a couple of hrs anyways
Then a few days later we receive a text that delivery is set for X day. The delivery is also to now not take a couple of hrs but 2 days. We are like no hold on, we work the night before and the night off and need to sleep. He says sorry, no luck finding you a hotel, which really meant, we are not paying you to stay at a hotel (because let’s not lie, hotels in Boston are around 400 bucks a night). So what’s his suggestion? You can stay for 2 days (after working a Night Shift as a nurse) in my office (which was in the same building). Imagine that. You pay nightly for an Airbnb but have to sleep 2 of them in someone’s office. We obviously totally refused and told him to tell the owner to re schedule because that was unacceptable. He proceeded to say, well then he probably won’t want to rent you guys for an extra month. I proceeded to find rent for our last month in Boston and was more than happy to leave. The lack of communication and consideration was such a bitter experience. This was not the only instance where communication was bad, it often seemed like when we asked something, the answers were not concrete.
He then proceeded to say that we could do an extra month but I am so glad we didn’t.
I recommend that communication improves and guests are considered and their needs respected