The location was the best part about this place. It was very conveniently located between the Space Needle and Pike’s Place Market. We could walk to both easily. There are also a number of restaurants surrounding the area, as well as a great bakery around the corner and a market/drugstore across the street. But there were many problems with the unit itself (which was not the unit we’d originally booked):
1. The washing machine was broken and when we called to have it repaired we were told that a repair man would call. This never happened and management never called to follow up either.
2. The AC was insufficient to cool the unit. There were only two small window AC units for the whole two bedroom apartment (meaning that one bedroom had a fan only) and due to the heat wave with extreme heat, we were very uncomfortable during our stay. There was never a time when the whole apartment felt cool.
3. There was no dishwasher soap so we couldn’t run the dishwasher.
4. The toilet in the downstairs bathroom constantly ran unless we jiggled the flusher under the tank.
5. The key didn’t work properly and it was very difficult to unlock the door.
6. The pillows were flat and old. The mattress upstairs was extremely uncomfortable and sagging in the middle. The mattress in the downstairs apartment was ok but that was the hot bedroom with no AC.
7. The carpet is stained in multiple places.
8. We were not given the unit we booked. We received a call the afternoon we were to check in letting us know that the unit we’d booked was not clean and we were offered this one instead. The unit looked ok at first (although it was hot from the start) but because it didn’t have twin beds, it didn’t really meet our needs. I originally had chosen a unit with twins for our boys who are too big to share a bed. I asked about getting a substitute unit that had twins but was told that my choice was either to take what was being offered or get a refund and find someplace else to stay. If I’d known at the start about the issues above, I would’ve chosen the latter option.