Parnell Apartments

Good location and easy access with phone key.

Was quite noisy. We had to report an issue with the shower as it would not turn on the first day.

The physical key was very easy to collect; I would have used the app but for some reson, it didn't work. The staff in charge at a nearby office were very helpful. I was able to store my luggage there until the room was ready with no problem. The apartment is in a good location - on a busy street with Aldi, Tesco and Lidl supermarkets nearby as well as a great bookstore and many pubs and restaurants. The downside ws that since it was on a very busy stree, it was noisy. Closing the windows helped a lot.

The noise.

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The location was good and walking distance to plenty of good sites. Once i had the app, it was very easy to get in and out and finding the accommodation was straightforward. I did not use the kitchen much but it did look well equipped. There is the option to collect keys too.

The main issue was the noise from the road - this was a combination of loud passersby, cars / cleaning trucks, sirens/alarms and also the convenience store directly below has a doorbell that rings anytime someone walks through the door. This was just about manageable with the window closed, but still could hear every word of people walking past. Also there was no fan / air con so it has the potential to get extremely warm. The shower leaked on the first day - it appears this was from the direction that the shower head was pointing, but still just from normal useage. They did come and look into that though when we mentioned it. The whole property felt a bit 'tired'. Harsh lighting, uncomfortable sofa, and a smell throughout the apartment on arrival. Having the key fob on your phone did feel like quite a lot of pressure that if the phone died then you would have noway to access the apartment. We could have collected keys, but wonder if they could leave one set of physical keys / fobs in the apartment to have both options