I do not recommend for anyone to stay here. I am sorry to say we had an incredibly terrible experience staying at Julia's, for the following reasons:
- The apartment was dirty. Not covid-standards dirty, but any-standards dirty.
- There was an animal terrarium with feces left inside.
- Garbage next to the beds (not in a garbage can, just sitting there...).
- Bedsheets were stained.
- The apartment reeked of cigarette smoke. We tried to spray air freshener but it got worse somehow.
- The pictures are not an accurate representation of the apartment (every room).
- The host claims pictures of the second bedroom are not posted online because it is being renovated, which was not the case. It was a badly-kept room that looked like it stored old personal belongings.
- There was a lot of old food in the fridge, proving cleaning crew did not come by before our visit, or someone actively lives in this unit and ran out before we got there.
- When we arrived, the host misplaced the key, and we were stranded outside of Brooklyn at 3a.
- There was personal mail, shoes, clothes, etc scattered all around the apartment.
- Hair clogged the shower drain, water did not drain.
- A bottle of absinth was left next to the bed. This left us feeling particularly uneasy.
- The toilet paper was out, again proving there was no cleaning done prior to our visit.
This was so bad we had to get a last minute hotel for the weekend in New York. Not easy or cheap.
I understand this was an affordable place in the city but it was inhabitable. We've stayed in hostels in third world countries that were safer and cleaner. Until some serious changes are made to this unit, I strongly encourage you to stay elsewhere.