Sometimes the price one pays for location is everything.
Steps from the heart of Honky Tonk Row and with easy access to many sights and attractions, this flat was a convenient place to base for our long weekend exploration of Music City. But "luxury" it was not.
Luxury in any realistic definition is not IKEA-grade furnishings. Or a $0.75 dishtowel that dried absolutely nothing. Or bath towels thinner and smaller than those we use to wipe our dog's wet paws after a walk in the rain. Or a broken toilet seat. Or a sleeper sofa with a wafer-thin mattress. Or a kitchen with bargain-bin cookware, dinnerware and utensils (some of which were not clean). Or a rug stained with goodness-only-knows-what.
By way of perspective, we have traveled to or lived in more than 40 countries and our lodging has spanned the spectrum. We can flex on just about everything except cleanliness, and this flat lacked even that. The baseboards had visible dust; and crumbs were piled beneath the toaster on the counter. The worst was that the floors were so unclean our socks were blackened each evening from walking about. Oh, and the batteries in the television remotes were dead.
Prior to departure we were instructed to run the dishwasher and leave the trash in one spot for housekeeping. That is all well and fine; however, having used the one and only dishwasher tab during our three night stay we had no option to run the dishwasher. (Given that a number of utensils were slimy and dirty upon our arrival, we're guessing that previous guests simply ran the dishwasher without detergent. Gross.) For short-term stays, especially in a "luxury" reservation and in this post-COVID environment, certainly there should have been extra cleaning products. In no setting should guests in a "luxury" flat have to hand-wash dishes and flatware regularly.
As for the trash, there were no instructions on disposal while we were occupying the flat, so we took a bag out to the street dumpster. Zero guidance for recycling, either. (Does Nashville even bother with recycling?)
A disappointing stay. The WiFi worked well, at least.