I was really looking forward to staying at Paris's apartment but there were some key aspects that let the experience down.
Firstly, when we checked in, instead of a smooth experience, we had quite the opposite. We were told to reach out to Michael the day before arrival, which we did. He seemed more focused on his schedule than actually accommodating us and unsurprisingly, instead of meeting us, when we arrived at the apartment, the cleaner was here to greet us. by greet, I mean not answer the doorbell, not give us any information on how to use stuff in the apartment and spent an hour on the phone 'cleaning', meaning after a long flight, we could not relax or shower straight away. This was at 3pm.
The next issue was cleanliness, although the apartment appears clean and modern, there are quite a few marks on the walls and furniture. But more importantly, the oven was filthy, the shower head has mould on it, there is food and dirt in the heaters and every surface out of direct eye line is covered in a thick layer of dust. This extends to, under the beds, behind the TV's, above the light fittings, above the kitchen work tops, the mirrors, the photos on the wall etc. To spend so much for a premium apartment and find this was disappointing. The level of dirt indicates poor cleaning over a longer period of time and not a one off incident.
I did give Paris the chance to rectify it and Michael came to inspect the apartment the next day and agreed it was not clean, however he did not seem fussed about sending a cleaner, however one was sent again. The cleaner came for half an hour and basically did 10% of what was mentioned, after this no further action was taken despite raising this with Paris.
A few other gripes, include the lack of black out blinds, so expect to be waking up at dawn/sunrise and although there are bath tubs, they are tiny, although I get this point is a US thing that tubs are small.
The positives of the apartment are that it is in a good location, the building is nice and view is phenomenal but it was really ruined by all of the above.