Old, dirty and neglected!
My friend Celeste had a really early flight and as she has some physical disabilities, we decided to get a room close to the airport the night before her flight as I live about 50 miles from the airport. The parking lot was very tiny and tucked away around the corner so that was my first worry. The lobby was clean and bright and the young man that assisted us was very friendly and willing to accommodate when we asked for a smoking room (ok I know! )
After a ride in a tiny elevator we found , our room was at the end of the hall, right next to a fire escape door that was propped open.This building is very old and I think was a studio apartment house in it's younger days. Building materials were propped against the walls in the hallway and it smelled musty and slightly of curry. In our room large cracks adorned the walls, paint was peeling from the door frames,there was no phone, the heater was right against one of the beds, slats broken and didn't work on the heat setting. The carpet was old and dirty. The bathroom was ancient, cracked tiles and the toilet was up on a raised platform. There was a little kitchenette but the light didn't work. It didn't seem too clean, but there was a working fridge and two microwaves. I went to the lobby to ask for an ashtray and was told that you couldn't smoke in the building because it would smell up the hallways,but out on the fire escape, which is why I guess that door was propped open. This led me to feel unsafe as anyone could come up the fire escape stairs and into the building virtually unseen. I worried about bed bugs, the mattress were very hard and the pillows flat.I took pictures on my cell phone but need to get a cord to download them to my computer. Will try and do so soon.We paid $102. for this room and it was NOT a bargain!