Do not stay in this apartment.

Julia was a terrible host, and she was impossible to contact during our stay. Her apartment was not as advertised, and there was no AC or functioning WiFi. There was a thermostat on the wall, and it was completely broken. When we finally heard from Julia about our concerns (with only 1 day left in our 4 day visit), she was completely useless.

She suggested that we look under her coats and luggage in the back of her closet to find the old window AC unit and "install it" ourselves. She also claimed that the WiFi was working perfectly, but that there was nothing she could do since she was out of the country. We tried re-setting the WiFi, and the issues remained. Since it was over 80 degrees during our visit, the lack of AC made the apartment sweltering hot; however, we're not above opening the windows to create air flow.

Opening the windows created one more problem: the fire station. There were fire trucks coming and going with incredibly loud sirens throughout the day and night. This and the lack of AC made it nearly impossible to sleep. I have never been less rested in my entire life, and the apartment was ultimately an unpleasant place to be.

I spent the majority of my visit trying to stay out of Julia's apartment, and the time that I was forced to spend there was not comfortable. If you enjoy a host who doesn't respond to e-mails and doesn't leave check-in instructions, then by all means: this is the place for you!

If you want to stay in an apartment that matches the advertisement and has AC/WiFi, then I highly suggest you find another AirBNB. This experience was terrible! I'm sad that the end of my NYC vacation was ruined by this AirBNB experience, because Williamsburg is such a great place otherwise.