So the location of this apartment is perfect. It’s blocks from the subway, Brooklyn Bridge Park, food, markets- close to a ton of stuff. So if location is what matters most, this place is great. For us though, we felt like there were quite a few cons though, and we would not stay here again.
The biggest issue was that the place was so dirty. I’ve never stayed in such an unclean airbnb. We were traveling with our 11 month old and the tops of her feet were literally black after she had been crawling around on the floor. I found cleaning supplies and mopped up the floors our first night because it felt so gross. The microwave was also dirty. The sheets and towels did seem clean, although there was only one towel for each of us for our 4 nights there, including one hand towel and one washcloth for the 4 of us. There was also a missing door handle on one of the rooms, which our daughter shut and locked us in and my partner had to jimmy it open to get us out. Dikla was always quick to respond, but not the best communicator. She had graciously allowed us to have an early check in, but then the keys weren’t there when we got to the apartment and we had to call her, then wait 30 minutes for her to bring them. Our first morning, a guy also showed up at 9 am to change a vent filter, with no heads up about this from Dikla. Maybe not the last con, but the last one I’ll mention here, is that the apartment isn’t the quietest. We could definitely hear the bar downstairs, especially at closing time, and the neighbor upstairs threw a party one of our nights as well. Nothing that ear plugs couldn’t fix though I guess.
The beds were comfy and the shower was great, but the location was definitely the biggest pro of the place. Overall though, that didn’t outweigh the dirtiness of the place and we wouldn’t stay here again.