Long and honest review:
Let me first say that Yuri is a responsive host. I do believe he had the best intentions to address our issues.
I'll start at the beginning:
Check-in: Read the fine print and make sure to note that there is valet parking only. There are times of the day that are busy and therefore, you could spend upwards of 10 minutes waiting on your car.
We were told by Yuri that 1 key fob was required per 2 adults, but the front desk person made us purchase one key fob for each adult. At $20/fob - that was $80 in addition to the $10/day valet parking + tip so just some things to keep in mind as you look at the cost of this unit.
Building: the pool area is nice enough, gym looked equipped. The elevators are very slow and only one was working when we went. Obviously, Yuri has no control over the speed of the elevators or which ones are in service - however, we underwent an unfortunate ACL injury prior to arriving and I specifically asked if the buildings had elevators because we actually needed them. Otherwise, Yuri's place is on the 6th floor and I often found it faster and more convenient to take the stairs when I wasn't with the individual on crutches.
The unit:
The unit is ok. For my standards, it needed some TLC. There were several items I noticed. We stayed in the first bedroom on the right when you enter the apartment, just off the dining room.
Beds were comfortable and it looked clean on first glance. However, I would say whoever does Yuri's cleaning between guests does not do a deep clean.
The guests who first arrived noticed a strong smell of humidity upon entering, however, I would expect this to be somewhat typical for South Florida. It might be a good idea to keep the AC running between guests to avoid this because it did seem to dissipate. The AC doesn't work wonderfully, but it does work. Overall, it felt very humid inside the bedrooms even with the AC on. We kept ours at 65-68 (which is colder than we normally keep it in Atlanta) but it was the only thing that kept the air from feeling really damp. I noticed on the ceiling that there is black spotting near the AC vent. I don't know if it was dust or black mold (black mold is mostly harmless to humans), but it did look like the AC unit may need a filter change or be serviced for efficiency.
When we arrived, one toilet was running constantly and very loud. It was the floater, but the toilet did have some corrosion so we didn't want to touch it. The bathroom shower doors do not open both ways. In other words, there are sliding glass doors and only one slides - which makes it difficult to turn on if you don't want to get wet while doing so (like when turning on the water for a child). We also turned on the shower and water began to spew out where the detachable shower hose attached to the pipe, and there was a major leak where water was quickly and worriedly dripping out of the shower ceiling. Yuri did end up calling a plumber for us to fix these issues, but the plumber was not able to replicate the leak and essentially claimed to Yuri that the hose was loose and he hand tightened it and that fixed the problem. I say, even if the hose is loose - if the water is either backing up into the pipes the wrong way and flowing from the ceiling like a rainwater shower head - neither is a good situation and it's more than just a loose hose - but I'm not a plumber. The point is, we did have an issue with both bathrooms and Yuri called someone for us.
The bathroom we stayed in really needs to be re-grouted or at the very least - deep scrubbed.
Towels - there are no beach towels in the unit. Just 4-6 bath towels per bathroom. Sounds like a lot -but we were there Mon-Fri and there were 6 of us. There is no washer/dryer in the unit - so please keep in mind if you plan on showering, going to the pool, beach etc. you will dirty these towels quickly. Because of FL humidity (and general humidity inside the unit as well) it takes a solid 2 days to air dry. I would suggest for Yuri to buy an additional 4 bath towels and also equip the unit with a few beach towels for convenience of the guests (as those take up a lot of space in the luggage).
Overall, I noticed a lot of dust on the baseboards and ceilings and AC vent registers.
Many of our outlets were loose and I sent pictures to Yuri. I could not plug anything in without it falling out halfway - thus making charging electronics difficult.
A few of our lights did not work.
Our internet was very slow and we were unable to stream any tv. I did tell Yuri about this and he contacted the internet provider and upped the speed on it - but we never did get the tv in the bedroom working. He was made aware of this as well.
Kitchen:
The "fully equipped kitchen" is not that. If Yuri is going to advertise a fully- equipped kitchen I would recommend going out and buying a cheap 10-12 pot set as well as a cutting board and a decent set of kitchen utensils. I saw approximately 2 pots, and 1 frying pan. There were like, 5 wooden spatulas but nothing else. I would say this is a very, very bare minimum kitchen and if you wanted to cook breakfast and make pancakes, and eggs, and bacon - there are not enough utensils and cookware to do