Prime Location 4BR/2BA Modern Apartment + Parking

Since there is no AC, there should be a fan in each bedroom to allow for air circulation on hot days.

Cons: 1. Noise. My God, the noise. Sure, a certain amount of street noise is to be expected in a city-centre location. And this apartment (on the first floor of the building) delivered that, with rubbish/recycling collection daily from right outside at 2330 every evening, and again at 0400, as well as usual traffic and revelry sounds. No air con in the apartment meant having to leave windows open, meaning unavoidable disrupted sleep. But this was made substantially worse by the noise from the apartment above and from the stairwell in the late evening and during the night. One of the bedrooms adjoins the stairwell and so is particularly badly exposed to this. Solution: nothing to be done about this except bring earplugs and/or go out all night. 2. Lack of air con. Perhaps unavoidable due to the age of the building but some form of air con, even a small mobile unit, would have made a big difference to the comfort and noise level. Temperatures during our stay in June peaked at 37 degrees Celsius (99 degrees Fahrenheit) with high humidity. Solution: hit the nearby museums and department stores (although neither will let you sleep there).

Noise from people walking down the stairs.

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