Positives: a useful geographic location for subway and PATH to all directions
* spacious apartment, allowing self-catering
* bathtub as well as shower (albeit small)
* comfy pillows, squishy beds
* wifi
* plenteous hot water
* host met us and flat-mate helped provide a cafetière
Negatives: - incessant noise, 24 hours; I needed sleeping pills and earplugs to get through
- it reminded me of a bachelor student flat - functional, basic rather than attractive
- the impression is 'make-do' e.g. curtains too short for bedroom windows, mish-mash of crockery and cutlery, hob of cooker was clean but not grill nor microwave. It's a 2-double-bed apartment yet only 3 non-matching mugs, not a full set of anything; cutlery drawer had lost its front so no handle to open it, just old glue on show; cracked ceramic loo-roll holder., irrelevant 'stuff' parked in wardrobes...Why? It's a hefty rent for 1 week, it would make such a difference to reinvest some of it with (apologies) a 'woman's touch', purchase matching crockery, blitz the place, clear the hallway of junk (including a leaking chest freezer). This is currently not good value for money and to rely upon the location to justify the cost is lazy.