Other than the location, which me and my partner found to be ideal and a cheaper way to explore New York, the rest of the stay was unpleasant. We found Martin to be abrupt and rude. When arriving at the apartment you’re greeted with a hallway of tools and equipment outside of the apartment which was dusty and unsightly and not pictured on his profile.
The apartment was filled with boxes and clutter and the bathroom was very grubby. Throughout the stay we often found dirty dishes out in the kitchen. To top everything off Martin attempted to claim that my 2nd guest was never communicated to him and requested a reservation change and for more money. Whilst there was a booking error, the additional guest was communicated long before arriving at the property on a couple of occasions via message, of which Martin acknowledged yet he raised no change at this point and waited until we arrived before asking for more money. Clearly he wanted to avoid losing a reservation and so waited until we arrived at the property as put us both in a difficult and an uncomfortable position in a city we didn’t know. Thankfully we didn’t spend too much time at the apartment and we didn’t allow this to impact our trip.