This apartment is in a great location, but thatâs kind of where the good ends. I received no communication from the owner on how to check-in despite sending him messages asking for them. I ended up having to call on our way there and even then the instructions were not clear. The listing was also misleading as it said parking was available - turns out, only paid public parking was available, and the closest parking lot is about a 5min walk. It wouldnât be too bad if you have little to no luggage, but horrendous if you have more because you cannot even stop in front of the building to unload the luggage due to it being a single lane road with a lot of traffic. We had to park in the lot a few blocks away, then make 3 separate trips to bring in luggage - up 5 flights of stairs!
I believe the apartment owner has an agreement with âhotel de la merâ (which btw, is NOT a hotel, more like a b&b) in the same building to handle the key exchange and housekeeping duties, but the guy at the check-in reception didnât understand that we were there for the apartment, which meant that the owner did not communicate to him that we were going to be checking in that day. After we finally got into the apartment, no one could tell us how to connect to the WiFi, including the owner. The ridiculously long WiFi password (some 8-9 words long with dashes and all) was posted on ge cable box, but no one could tell us what WiFi network to connect to. The owner literally said âjust try the strongest signalâ. Well, there were like 10-12 different networks available and half of them had strong signals!
The apartment was cute, but the layout wasnât. The bed is angled in a way where one person would have to bend over to get out of the corner. Half of the space was like that due to it basically being a finished attic. There was a lot of floor space though, and cute nooks by the windows where you have a great view of place Massena. It is, however, TERRIBLY NOISY. Not just from all the traffic and people on the streets, but also the neighbors who liked to stay up late.
Worst part of the place was the shower. Itâs a shift-make shower with no door, just 2 pieces of glass and a super shallow base right next to the bed. Water overflowed onto the bedroom floors every time we took a shower, and only 2 medium sized, thin bath towels and 1 hand towel were provided.
We would definitely not stay here again and we would not recommend it to anyone.
