This is a well-located railroad-style apartment with some significant downsides. First, the praise:
— Yana is very responsive and worked to solve problems that arose with cleanliness and bugs, including sending her cleaner to redo the floors, bringing over roach traps and refunding our cleaning fee
— the apartment has great transit connections to Manhattan and the rest of Brooklyn
— there’s a true separate bedroom
— the bed was comfortable and the shower hot
— the WiFi was fast
Then the downsides:
— we did see and kill a large roach
— the apartment was dirty when we arrived, with food crumbs in the couch and sticky floors that left black residue on our feet
— but beyond that, the apartment also needs a deep clean. There was grime caked into the baseboards, and
the curtains and blinds were dirty
— the blackout curtains in the bedroom aren’t large enough to block all the fluorescent light from the deli downstairs, which could be an issue for those sensitive to light at night. The blinds in the living room also don’t go up and down without an effort
— the furniture is a bit rickety
This place really just needs a full weekend of cleaning, pest control and some sprucing up. Yana was so responsive and helpful to us that I have no doubt she will do this. Until then, I’d recommend it for those who want a place to crash while hitting Williamsburg’s party spots.