My wife and daughter stayed at the apartment and found the apartment interior itself to be very charming and the neighborhood to be colorful, as described. However, once you enter the building, the common areas are in very poor condition and appear very rough and dirty.

The sleeping accommodations were fine, but as two women traveling together the fact that one of the AC units was placed in a window on a fire escape, held in place with duct tape easily removable by anyone who might have access to the fire escape from the outside, was disconcerting. It was a very quiet and private apartment space, but it came as a surprise to us on the second day when Lorena informed us that painting and tile work was scheduled for the apartment later that day. She assured us it was a minor repair but we objected and we were told that the work could wait.

The stay worked out despite some hurdles.