Building works in adjoining property.
The adjoining property is currently undergoing what appears to be a full renovation. Scaffolding blocks out natural light of what is already a dark apartment. Drilling and hammering starts at 7:30 am on weekdays. We did contact the host to ask why we we’re not informed about the work during our stay to be told that they were not aware even though building permits have been in place since 2020!
He did contact the contractors and they said they would start later, they gave us an extra 30 mins and started at 8 the next 2 days. You don’t come to New York to relax, however, we were on a 9 night family holiday, so we were hoping for a couple of late starts mid stay. The construction noise made that impossible and allow us to relax.
This is not the modern, apartment as described. It is neglected and is in desperate of an uplift. There are no wardrobes for clothes and the drawers are mainly full of bedding. The second bathroom has no hooks/ rails for wet towels, nowhere for your toiletries and neither bathroom has a toilet roll holder! There also doesn’t appear to be enough crockery/ cutlery etc for up to 7 guests. There are exposed and hanging wires everywhere and the door is missing on the cupboard housing the cleaning products. Clothes hangers, toilet rolls, bin liners and hand wash all had to be requested from the host.
To try and end on a positive, the apartment was clean, the beds relatively comfortable and the host responded quickly to our several concerns( maybe he is used to it!) Obviously the location is fantastic. This apt would be ok for a couple of nights just to sleep and shower but I wouldn’t recommend for a longer stay.