Staying at Kim’s place was convenient as it is within close proximity to two subway stations that will get you to Manhattan within about 20 minutes. It is a quiet neighbourhood with a few small convenience stores to gather any small supplies you may need during your stay. The apartment itself looks just like the photos and it is very modern and clean.
Kim seemed like a wonderful person however she didn’t provide any check-in instructions until I messaged her the day before arriving. Despite this, there was a hiccup during our check-in and we were left waiting outside in the rain for 45 minutes waiting for her to come and let us in. We were instructed over the phone to press every buzzer in the building to see if someone would let us in so that we could just leave our bags inside the building. That definitely was not an ideal solution as we did not feel like our bags would be secure outside of the actual apartment. The key was not available to us to leave our bags in the apartment because the previous guests had been approved a late checkout and only left about an hour out from our actual check-in time.
The washing machine was not in a functional state and even after getting someone in to fix it, it was only partially fixed .. in a way where the water drained from the machine but was redirected to the floor! It was quite a mess to clean up and was definitely not something I expected to have to do during our stay.
I hope Kim takes on this feedback so that future guests don’t have the same problems we did. Without them, it would have been 5 stars indeed!