A few bullet points that review my stay at the Penthouse!
TL;DR - Stay elsewhere, there are better options.
* Bedroom had a comfy bed and clean sheets. It’s hard to hear the TV over the air conditioner (though I was grateful for both of them).
* Quick responses from the host!
* It’s a third floor apartment, let’s pump the brakes on the penthouse talk. (I nearly laughed aloud when I first walked in)
* The penthouse is more of a youth hostel than a home. It’s a two bedroom apartment with a dining room that’s been turned into a third bedroom. All rooms are rented out (host doesn’t live there) and all rooms hold three people, so you’ll be sharing one bathroom with as many as 8 others. None of this is necessarily bad, but information I wish I'd known before booking.
* Yes the penthouse bedroom doors have locks and you get your own key. The locks, however, are the most basic version (easily broken in with a credit card). Since you're staying with two other rooms full of people whom you don’t know, the idea of leaving anything of value in the room seems daunting (I had camera equipment).
* The penthouse bathroom was subpar. Two different kinds of mold in the shower (pink & black), hair on the floor, poor to very poor water pressure.
* The wood floors in the penthouse have been “deep cleaned” according to the welcome email, and therefore you’re asked to take your shoes off. However, upon checkout the maids were wearing their shoes. Floors aren’t dirty, but certainly not glistening. This seems to be a way to mitigate cleanup in an effort to streamline the penthouse hostel business.
* "Would you mind exchanging 5 stars on airbnb to help each out out? I need to keep super host status. :)” - I received this text message upon checkout. This defeats the purpose of the rating system, no?
* Unless you're looking for a last minute place, I can't recommend this place. I've stayed at various places around the city, there are better options.