Firstly, the 501 sth 5th st address provided for the physical address of the airbnb was gravely inaccurate; if you receive this address, contact the host and ask for the address to the “burnham”. The 501 address is in the slums.
The rooftop amenity wasn’t actually a roof top but a balcony on the 6th floor. It was nice but very small and not a rooftop.
All doors except exit/stairwell doors (from what I can remember) are access controlled electronically by the Latch app (which btw is only available in The Apple App Store from what I found). The the entire building is this way, elevators included. In theory it’s a 5* idea, but the the technology is super buggy, and subsequently EVERYBODY was experiencing a ton of access issues. It was super frustrating.
The checkin process was arduous too. In order to checkin, the tenant must somehow find the temporary garage in which to temporarily park for STRICTLY 20 minutes (else you’ll get a “boot” installed on your car tire) so you can piece-mail your way/access up to your room and get your parking pass and parking garage gate Remote. That alone took about 35 minutes. Once you have the remote and pass, it’s time to go back down to your car and try to find the parking garage entrance for your specific parking spot (denoted on the parking pass). This was another 30 minute endeavor. The building and parking garage are super confusing to navigate…again, EVERYBODY was lost and expressed alike.
The location is primo, the room was clean and amenities in the room were as described. Note, there was no shower soaps of any sort so be sure to bring your own. Also, the walls are thin in the Burnham so expect to hear every presentation of human life from surrounding rooms as you’ll quickly learn that you’ll hear footsteps, full on conversations, and everything in between coming from your neighbors.
Checkout was a bit more seamless. Minimal cleanup was required (dishes in sink, towels in tub), but be sure not to forget to replace the garage remote and parking pass before you leave. Remember that your building access is revoked (via latch) the moment second hand strikes your checkout time…sooo, if you checkout right on time you may have issues getting the pass and remote back into your room if you wait until the last minute to get them from your car and return them to your room prior to checkout time.