Centrally located in the East Village but has a number of issues:
- The building next door is being demolished (obviously has been going on for a while) and there is extremely noisy construction starting as early as 7:20am (jackhammers) to the point the building was shaking. The noise level was extremely high and unsafe for prolonged exposure.
- When we arrived, there was a notice on the building entrance door regarding exterminators being on site and requiring access to each unit. We were not notified of this by the host prior to or at any point during our stay.
- The lock in the bedroom door was not a secure key lock, as indicated in the listing description. The lock can be easily turned with a coin. We feel that our belongings were not secure, and as a result, we took our valuables with us when we went out.
- The smoke detector was beeping intermittently, indicating low battery or another issue. We contacted the host about this, but he did not get back to us and the issue was not resolved during our stay. The beeping was such that it disrupted our sleep.
We felt that the host had been aware of these issues and had not properly disclosed them when we booked. He only tried to explain the situation with the construction once we discovered it during our first morning and contacted him about it.