Ok I’ll try to be as thorough as possible.
First off the place looks better in the photos, check in was very smooth, parking was easy and the subway was relatively close.
we had a few issues with this stay. The first issue was that it wasn’t as equipped as some Airbnb’s that we have stayed in before. My wife wasn’t pleased at all with this place especially considering the amount of money that we payed but I thought it wasn’t so bad. There were some noticeable stains around the apartment. There weren’t any face towels out at all, and there were any cleaning supplies, no broom no mop or anything like that. There was also no place to take or put the trash.
We recently went to a Airbnb in Chicago and they had bored games, decks of cards, stepping stools in the bathroom for smaller children and all sorts of things, it was very well equipped to accommodate any and all guest. On the other hand, this Airbnb wasn’t as well equipped. It didn’t have anything extra, although it did have flat screens in every room with roku but that’s about it. I would expect more with it being as expensive as it was.
The beds weren’t so comfortable, they were ok but I had a hard time sleeping. If you choose to sleep in the front room be careful because the windows are held open by the ac unit, you can’t close them so the traffic is EXTREMELY loud, it was very hard for me to sleep. I noticed cutting the air conditioning unit on did block out some of the sound though so that helped but you will be cool doing that.
Be very careful sitting at the table as the chair cushions seemed like they didn’t have a bottom, you feel like your literally about to fall through any moment. Especially when you first sit down it kind of takes you by surprise because you don’t expect it to drop that low and have almost no support.
The last thing I want to say and this one really made me wish I had stayed somewhere else. There are a lot of notes left by the host around the apartment.. notes like “don’t flush any tissue down the toilet” or “leave windows open when you leave” or just a list of general rules.. which are fine, the only thing I didn’t like is that a lot of the notes were types in all caps with exclamations points as if I’m being yelled at are spoken to like a child, it’s just very unwelcoming in my opinion. I understand you may have had issues with other guest in the past but not all guest are the same.
Overall I would give this stay a 3 out of 5. It wasn’t a luxurious stay, it had no luxurious amenities, however it does have enough space for a large group, it’s close to the subways and in a decent area. I wouldn’t stay here again, it’s definitely not worth the money. At the time of my stay there was another option for a room that had the same space but was $500 cheaper, I went with this stay instead because by looking at the pictures I thought it was going to be a premium experience, I was wrong and I wish I would of went to the other place to have saved the extra money.
The communication was good from the host, the place isn’t a bad stay just not for us. If you wajt luxury this isn’t it, thanks