You know how you can ignore some small annoyances, but when they accumulate it just gets to be too much? That's how our stay was in this Brooklyn apartment. First the positives: it's in a great location and was clean. The neighborhood is super walkable and lively. The kitchen was well stocked, and we were grateful for the opportunity to eat some snacks from the cupboard when we arrived late at night tired and hungry. On the downside: --the sheets and towels smelled musty, and the sheets had lots of pills and came off the mattress each night. --The toilet: fortunately for the building, I woke up during our first night. I padded into the bathroom. When I sat down, my tush got all wet! The toilet had an issue and had been filling up all night. I couldn't get it to stop, so had to turn off the water. In the morning, we searched for a plunger and not finding one, contacted the host whose mom brought us one. My son plunged and plunged until the toilet flushed. The toilet has extraordinarily low water pressure, taking about 90 sec to flush and refill. Why do I know this? Because for the rest of our stay, we were extraordinarily conservative w/ use of the toilet, flushing it numerous times per trip to the bathroom. Also annoying was the toilet refilling every approx 15 min, which disturbed my son's sleep whose bed was on the other side of the wall. We took to turning the water off every night. --the main bedroom has no heat, a/c, or closet. --the apartment, especially the ceilings, are in need of fresh paint. Not what I expected based on the description of a luxury apt that was recently renovated. --the next door neighbor is LOUD. Whenever we were there, we heard the drone and rumble of his media. My son actually asked once if there was thunder. When I mentioned it to Maria, she replied that he's either silent or loud, and she wonders if he's hard of hearing. --the apartment is in need of someone handy to spend a little time with a screwdriver. Some of the things that were loose and wobbly included bathroom faucets and hooks, and dresser cupboards. Also, a locksmith should smooth out the function of the apartment and building locks. They cause yet more frustration. --the wifi was unreliable, and didn't work in the main bedroom. --having just the couch in the living room made it uncomfortable for us to just hang out together. We never met Maria, but we met her mom numerous times. Her mom lives in the building. Her mom is very nice, and quite the story teller. Sometimes that's a good thing, but sometimes it kept us up when we were really tired. In conclusion, if this apartment was a bargain, or if we'd been borrowing it from a friend, we would have been perfectly happy and would have chalked things up to "you get...