The Urban Lofts

The apartment had good amenities and the bed was comfortable.

It was permanently broad day light as the blinds were paper thin. They also had limited functionality to move them up/down. On this basis, it would be a very bad nights sleep if you didn’t have an eye mask. The door locks automatically after you leave and there is no way to forcibly lock it - so you have to wait about 90 seconds at the door to make sure it does which was frustrating! Very expensive compared to other accommodation elsewhere in Canada.

BEDS COMFORTABLE. KITCHEN AVAILABLE IF NEEDING IT, I DID NOT. LOFT LAYOUT HAD THAT NYC FEEL.

NO BREAKFAST WAS AVAILABLE, BUT KITCHEN AVAILABLE WITH FULL UTENSILS, PLATES ETC FOR A BREAKFAST- I ATE OUT. THE BEDS WERE COMFORTABLE. IT WAS VERY NOISY OUTSIDE ON THE STREET, BUT IT WAS DUE TO THE POLICE SIRENS CONSTANTLY WAILING THRU THE NIGHT-WAS IT A NOTORIOUSLY ACTIVE AREA FOR POLICE PRESENCE OR WAS I JUST UNLUCKY ON MY 2 NIGHTS, NO IDEA. IT GETS STIFLINGLY WARM IN THE DAYTIME, SO ON ARRIVAL AT NIGHT, YOU SWEAT, AND COOK A TRIFLE TILL AIR CON KICKS INTO OVERDRIVE. MY SHOWER FAUCET WAS BROKEN, ON ARRIVAL, BUT THE OWNER SAID PLUMBER CAME TO FIX IT, BUT HE DID NOT. I WAS OFFERED AN EMPTY ROOM TO SHOWER IN, 5 FLOORS DOWN ON DAY ONE, BUT HAD TRADESMEN IN THERE WORKING, WHILST I TRIED TO HAVE A WASH-NOT VERY PRIVATE, HATE TO HAVE BEEN A FEMALE NEEDING A BATH! ON DAY TWO I WAS DIRECTED BY THE OWNER TO WASH BETWEEN CERTAIN HOURS, TO AVOID THE TRADESMEN SO THEY SEEM TO GET THE RUB OF THE GREEN MORE SO THAN THE GUEST-I OPTED OUT DUE TO MY TIME ZONE ISSUES, AND INFLEXIBILITY OF THIS NEW SCHEDULE OFFERED TO ME. WENT INTO THE 'TOO HARD BASKET'. AS A PERENNIAL TRAVELLER, FOR WORK AND LEISURE FOR OVER 45 YEARS, I ONLY WANT A GOOD COMFY BED, AND A DECENT WORKING BATHROOM, WITH SOME QUIETNESS. I FOUND IT A LITTLE INCONVENIENT HAVING TO GO DOWN 5 FLOORS IN YOUR PJ'S TO SHOWER THEN COME UP WHILST TRYING TO NOT FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE KNOWING WORKERS ARE IN THE SAME PLACE. THE OWNER SAID HE WOULD CALL PLUMBER-BUT NONE RETURNED TO AT LEAST GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY AT FIXING THE FAUCET. THE STAIRS DOWN FROM THE BEDROOM TO LOWER LEVEL WERE STEEP, SO NIGHT TIME WAS TRICKY, IN YOUR SLEEP DEPRIVED MOVEMENTS. THE TV OFFERING WAS LIMITED AS MOST CHANNELS OF THE CABLE VARIETY WERE NOT SUBSCRIBED TO MAKING IT A BORING NIGHT ON THE COUCH. ALSO, THE OWNER WROTE HE WOULD COMPENSATE ME $50 PER DAY X 2 DAYS [$100] FOR THIS INCONVENIENCE-TO DATE NO COMPENSATION HAS BEEN OFFERED. AS THE OLD LATIN SAYING GOES, CAVEAT EMPTOR.

Perfekte Lage. Großzügige Ausstattung. Offenes Konzept

Notbeleuchtung draußen und Teil nicht funktionierte blinds, die auch nicht gut abdunkeln

The open space

According to the photos, there was supposed to be a great view of the city. We got a loft on 2nd floor with a view on an ugly building inside a courtyard. Right next to the loft was an emergency exit with a bright sign that was lit all night long. The only blinds on the large windowfront let that bright light in so it was very hard to get some sleep. We asked for another room but apparently there was none available.