Apartment is very hip, all white, contemporary.
TV- The tv is mounted on the wall off to the side and requires neck twisting to view while in bed. The TV received nothing at all. I'm pretty tech savvy so realized there was a stick plugged into the tv (Chromecast). I googled this and discovered I had to download the chrome cast app to use. Then the chrome cast unit wouldn't sync to the room's wifi. I called Sonder. The people who answered were VERY NICE and apologized for the inconvenience. They walked me through rebooting the room's router. I restarted my phone. No go. I googled instructions on reseting the chrome cast unit. Finally got everything talking, only to find that only ONE channel on Sling was available. I found out my Netflix account would work, but I had to download yet another app to stream it to the chrome cast unit. It took several hours to achieve this level of tv service. The very nice Sonder reps refunded $40.00 to us. I can say that the people on the phone were very customer service oriented, but it did not help much. They did offer to send someone in but we declined because of covid.
Bathroom- Very dangerously slippery tub, no vent fan. Beautiful!!- but no countertop surfaces to put anything on. Only vanity that had maybe a 4 inch wide border around the sink. Valve to go from shower to faucet in tub did not work.
Kitchen- Gorgeous, but no garbage disposal. Plumbing in this old building probably prohibits.
Bed- literally about 12" off the floor. Hip looking but awful mount and dismount for us.
The only parking from which to unload your car is illegal. The entrance had a keypad that was not facing the street but sideways and I could not find it. When I had a problem getting in, the guy in charge was not present in the lobby. All doors where locked, no one offered to let me in. I went back to the car to get my companion, and we walked back with all our luggage. Then a guy appeared and let us in. He was nice, but had such a heavy accent, we had issues understanding what he was saying to us. The smell of pot was everywhere outside the entrance. The entrance was poorly lit. While we were walking thru the hall to get to the apt, we heard several domestic fights going on behind closed doors. Not Sonder's fault. Just part of the experience.
The building is unidentifiable, as the front is covered with often seen scaffolding and jersey walls. The buildings next to it had addresses listed on them indicating a different street. You can't see any signs or indications as to where the property is. A sign would be pretty helpful.
VALUE-
4 stars because the parking costs (about$50.00 a night, typical for NYC). Parking lot is a five to ten minute drive from the apt., described as a 5 minute walk back to the property. It was more like 10. This was not fun in the rain. For non-New Yorkers only with GPS walking directions, it confused us a good deal. The garage was hard to locate, it was described as LAZ Parking Battery Park Garage, this name was not on any sign or placard. Once again, we are not New Yorkers, but I would think that most people booking this probably are not as well. Problem- Until you book and pay, this parking situation is not revealed to the renter.