This is a company that owns 4/5 buildings around a block and rents them out - the apartments look NOTHING like on the photos.
The only accurate thing about this listing is the service more or less.
Our first apartment was REALLY REALLY BAD, it was dirty, smelled bad and had a constant static noise from the pipes.
Though we addressed our concerns to both Airbnb customer service and the management.
The host was very accommodating and showed us other listings a few days later: most of which were as bad.
We had to reduce our stay time from 10 weeks to one month (which was already payed).
We also met different neighbors/customers who encountered the same issues and had to request another apartment and shorten their stay.
Last but not least, the same listing can be found on airbnb under different host names - better watch-out.
Below you’ll find all the pros and cons of the 2 places we stayed in during our month:
Apartment #1
Cons:
- The places look nothing like on the photos
- Constant static sound from the pipes (like a horror movie, recording available) and refrigerator
- It smelled like cigarettes and thai food from the restaurant on the ground floor
- The bathroom walls and ceilings were full of hair
- Entrance & bathroom doors didn’t close properly
- Bed headboard had weird stains
- Walls are very thin so you practically live with the neighbors
- Bridge traffic and sounds (Sometimes they work at night on the bridge as well)
- No drapes and malfunctioning blinds
- Lacks amenities listed
- Reception always has a key to your apartment - a bit freaky from a privacy perspective.
Pros:
- Good location
- Accommodating management and service
- 24/7 Reception
- Cozy inner courtyard
- Laundromat on premise (Very important!)
- Everything you need is basically in the block (Laundry service, Pizzeria, ATM, Mini-market….)
Apartment #2
Pros:
- Nicer place
- A bit newer and cleaner bathroom
- Better smelling place and building
- New hair dryers, iron….
- Silent fridge
Cons:
- Really close to the bridge - excessive noise pollution (Especially with the workers at night)
- Fifth floor no elevator
- Pipes make sounds from time to time but less intense and quieter than first place - more like a rhythmic kick
- Thin walls
- Reception kept a key to our apartment at all times (even though they also promised us two sets of keys which we didn’t get)
Recommendation: If you want to book with this host, try to ask for one of the few newer apartments and try to face the courtyard rather than the highway.