There are some good things about these apartments, but the bad outweighs the good.
The good:
- they are centrally located in a lively part of town. Bus station, beaches, bars and restaurants are close.
- staff are friendly and when I reported a problem with the lights in my room sorted it out immediately.
- though the rooftop pool is small, it's a lovely place to settle with good views.
The bad:
- extremely uncomfortable, lumpy mattresses.
- neither air conditioning nor a fan.
- patchy cleaning: while the cleaners do the bathroom and bed, there was lots of dust on the floors
- thin walls mean a lot of noise from neighbours
- very visible lack of maintenance and investment. eg my first set of sheets had cigarette burn holes in them
It's very dated, from the mattresses that feel like they're older than I am, through the chunky CRT TVs that you haven't been able to buy for several decades to the patched up furniture. This could be a great place, but it feels like it hasn't had any investment in decades, and boy it shows.