Sarah’s place was a bit of a disappointment for us. We needed a basic place to stay for three nights while visiting friends in Brooklyn, and while Sarah’s place was clean and aesthetically pleasing, I can’t say much else positive about it.
First off, my fiancé and I drove in from Philadelphia in torrential rain only to spend 15 minutes looking for street parking close to Sarah’s place. After parking two blocks away and walking (still in pouring rain) to the house, we followed the check-in instructions and opened the lockbox only to find it empty. I messaged, texted and called Sarah five times before she finally answered and then brought us a key. By this point all of our belongings were soaked.
The neighborhood was fine; not quite what we had expected from Sarah’s description. (Also, after being followed while walking back to the house from my car the first night, I did not feel entirely safe walking around after dark, so we took Lyft’s each night.)
The bed was the loudest bed I’ve ever slept on. My fiancé is def in one ear, so it didn’t bother him as much. But after one night of sleeping on the bed I ended up moving to the sofa, which was very comfortable and didn’t make noise every time you moved.
Sarah describes the apartment as being “garden level” but that’s just a nice term for a basement. Expect to hear every sound from the above floors while you stay here. We were woken up every morning to the sounds of very loud footsteps, a child and/or children running around/dropping things, and one morning it literally sounded like the family was rearranging every piece of furniture in the home. A child also was yelling outside of our door at one point, and on two occasions we heard someone attempting to open our apartment door by jiggling the handle repeatedly.
The bathroom door had no door handle and therefore did not close all the way. Aside from that, the bathroom was very nice.
Overall, our stay here was tolerable, but we would not recommend it. We are both very easy going people and I’ve had nothing but great experiences with all of my Airbnb stays in the past. However, this one just missed the mark. We will definitely look elsewhere the next time we visit Brooklyn.