Overall we are pretty happy with our stay here. Here are some pros and cons of this particular property.
PROS-
Walking distance to restaurants, bars and entertainment.
Amenities. The gym is dim, smelly and often disorganized, but better than nothing. The theater room, game room and workspace we didn’t utilize, but they looked like nice spaces.
Fairly quiet building. We had one night dealing with a neighbor playing music, but the noise machine in the unit helped keep down most noise.
Great view from the windows. Other than the random homeless people wandering around the property, it’s a great view of a park and cityscape.
The bed is pretty comfortable and there is a large walk in closet for keeping your clothing.
CONS-
The smell! I’m not sure if they just re-did the wood floors in this unit or what, but the strong gas like stench that’s in the unit was terrible. Absolutely every article I brought home smells like it has been doused in gasoline everything down to my shoes, purse, make up brushes absolutely everything. The first night of our stay I woke up every couple hours because of the smell.
Cleanliness. Everything was fairly clean, but the detail cleaning was sub par. The couch is ready to go in a dumpster as it has been drawn on and burnt I could imagine anyone being comfortable sleeping in the sofa-sleeper.
Water pressure. Maybe we are just spoiled at home, but the shower water pressure is pretty low.
Building access. I understand why they have to protect the electronic keypad outside, but good luck reaching all the buttons without contorting your fingers.
The Dryer. We had trouble with the dryer shutting off mid cycle. From what I could tell, it was telling me the filters were plugged. Even after I cleaned the main and secondary filter, the problem continued.
Like I said, overall this was a fairly clean, comfortable and well located option for us. Aside from the smell, we would probably think about staying here again should we revisit. One other thing the pictures were not accurate to the apartment we stayed in, it was similar but I picked this listing over others because I like the arched brick wall and the unit we stayed in didn’t have that.