Based on the amazing reviews, we were definitely expecting a whole lot more, but we were all definitely disappointed. First, i'll start with the positives.
*the pictures are pretty accurate, the floors are pretty new, the bathrooms are modern, and kitchen is nice, appliances are nice.
My issues with the apartment
*This is a first floor apartment, so the noise from the street is somewhat loud at times, which makes it hard for the guests to sleep that are closest to the street. Since it's a first floor apartment, the windows look directly at other houses/brick walls. The windows don't all have blinds or drapes either and people can see directly into your apartment
* The area itself is really in a pretty bad part of jersey city. Even during the day, I had homeless people approaching me and actually harassing me, 1/2 block from where we were staying
*parking is an absolute nightmare, especially during alternate side. I use to live in manhattan and had a car, and this place rivaled difficulty in tolerating parking alternate side. it made things really uncomfortable.
*The bedroom with the brick wall is about 5 degrees colder than the rest of the apartment, it made things difficult without a space heater
*The walls are really discolored and badly need to be repainted, really don't look nice, The ceiling in the main bathroom is pealing and really somewhat gross
*the kitchen has no garbage disposal, and the utensils are really limited, pans were so old and not usable.
*dusty