Since I work from home, I needed a place that provided adequate WiFi. The WiFi here was exceptional! Secure and extremely fast. The contactless entry and passcode to get into the building and our room was greatly appreciated. We also enjoyed that there was a trash room on the floor so we didn’t have to take our trash outside. (They don’t require you to take out the trash, we did it as a courtesy)
Room was cozy and updated enough where I didn’t feel like I was wasting money. On the topic of wasting money, since there is no parking on the premises, we spent a lot of money on parking. Keep this in mind when picking this place. We knew beforehand since it is uptown but it was still a nuisance.
The studio was clean enough. The countertops, wood floor, knobs and bathroom was up to par. We appreciated all the supplies provided. I also appreciated the security Sonder made me feel by letting me know exactly what was cleaned and wiped. Although, it was clean in general as a whole, I have a few items I felt needed to be addressed:
1. The carpet underneath the bed that led into the kitchen area was filthy. My feet after a shower was instantly black and every morning our bed by our feet was filled with junk that our feet would pick up when crossing over the carpet to get into bed. It was really gross and after a shower, it wasn’t the best feeling.
2. The shower liner was cloth and was visibly yellow towards the bottom and smelled of old wet clothes. This smell remained in the bathroom as we showered every night.
3. We tried to wash our towels that we used (they also did not require us to do this) but it was extremely loud as the towels were heavy and the washer could not support the stability which caused very loud thumping noises. We did not want to bother the neighbors so we stopped the wash mid cycle. The dryer also took very long to dry our clothes. I would say over 3 hours to do a very minimal load. I would not recommend using the washer and dryer here.
I expected more peace and quiet but one day out of the three, our neighbors were very loud outside our door (loud conversations, sometimes even sounding like someone was moving in or out) and upstairs as we heard a lot of furniture moving. Not that this has anything to do with our rental, but I would like to mention this if you’re renting this place for work, again this noise only happened one of the days we were there.
We will not be renting this place again unless we NEED to, but to be completely fair, we would probably not choose to stay uptown/downtown again. It just isn’t for us. Overall I’m not totally dissatisfied but paying over $400 for 3 nights, I would have liked a clean carpet. If this place wasn’t on sale, I will not book again.
The look and feel of the place is very aesthetic and besides the carpet and shower liner, the place was very clean and modern. We loved the placement of the TV that was mounted to the wall.