Airbnb review
Cons :
- Noise : Even though we are warned of the closeness of the apartment to the street we aren’t warned to what extent : the subway is so close the entire room shakes every 7 minutes. There is a coffee/food cart in front of the door which attracts more people, there is people at night who walk by and woke me up a few times. I knew we were close to a Main Street, didn’t realize we were on the first floor, onto the street, I wish that would have been made clearer.
- Crowded : me and my boyfriend shared a quaint Brooklyn apartment (I mean pretty small : one bathroom) with 4 other people : the couple that was hosting us and an other couple who checked in the same day as us in the bedroom next to us. It wasn’t made clear in the profile there would be other airbnbers staying. The couple hosting us appeared to be sleeping in the back yard. I wish that would have been made clearer too. The hosts had people over several times during our 4 days stay when it states very clearly that we aren’t allowed to have friends over.
- Hospitality: Aigerim didn’t talk to us the entire 5 days we were there, Maxim only talked to us because we asked him for recommendations the first night for a bar and after that nothing. We didn’t feel comfortable. They had people over who all laughed when we entered the apt one afternoon and a naked kid wondering in the apartment (probably why they all laughed) but didn’t actually talk to us. They cooked something that made the whole apt smell but we weren’t allowed to open the windows as said in the house rules. That made the room and the apt smell pretty bad within 2 days of sleeping there.
- Cleanliness : our bedroom was clean when we arrived, although the sheets had purple stains. The common area wasn’t very welcoming : dirty dishes in the sink, personal items in the apartment that were quite unorganized. The shower was nice but the rug on the floor made us feel like we needed to shower again after getting out of the shower. Would recommend bringing shower flip flops. When we arrived there were piles of trash on the side of the apartment which we realized shortly after that “that’s how it works in Brooklyn” but it was filthier than other buildings in the streets around us.
Although all of these cons aren’t against the rules, it just made our stay a bit uncomfortable and less welcoming.
Pros :
- great location in Brooklyn, 1 min from the subway that brings your to Manhattan, good restaurants, bagels, pizza, Starbucks within 3 minutes of walking.
- Comfortable bed and towels for us in our room.
- Shelves and closet for our personal items
- AC
- Early self check in : our bus arrived early and we were able to check in much earlier than planned with a short notice (day before)
We ended up having a good time because Brooklyn and Manhattan were amazing and we had somewhere to sleep at the end of a long day.