The apartment was clean upon arrival. The host was responsive and addressed a few issues we had with the blinds. Nice and safe covered parking. Shopping and food within 5-15 minute walks. 5-7 drive to U of M. Kitchen had the basic cooking items. One bedroom faced an alley with a bar & which had live music on several nights on the weekends, which could be somewhat noisy to sleep in that bedroom. The gym met our basic workout needs.

Great location, spacious apartment, needed to get sugar and coffee filters for our coffee but that was just a few steps away. Included covered parking was great.

Great location in downtown Ann Arbor which allowed for walking to many places. The bed was very comfortable. Kitchen was well stocked. The living area was bright and pretty comfortable.

The communication with Mitten was the only bright spot. They are very quick to respond and did a good job of answering questions. One question was if we could get early check in. We could, but be warned that they will charge you if you want to get in earlier than 4pm. Is what it is, but this is the kind of stuff you get from a management company instead of an individual owner. Also note that check out is 10am. It doesn't take 6 hours to clean an apartment, but those are their rules. Rough when we had paid a crazy price for two nights that they couldn't just let us in a bit early when the apartment was sitting empty. The apartment is across from the Blind Pig and other bars/nightlife. The room with the window is loud until about 4am on weekends. We ended up downloading a white noise app and playing it all night to drown out the loud music. The interior bedroom is quieter, but its a cave with just a small "window" near the ceiling that faces the kitchen. The cleaners left items in both the washer and dryer. The second bedroom doesn't have a blanket cover, they just use a top and bottom sheet to try to cover the blanket. Kind gross since you can assume the blanket doesn't get washed after every guest like the sheets do and you are essentially sleeping on an uncovered blanket. The description listed in the summary and in the space was really misleading in terms of "fully stocked kitchen." They have soap, cups, silverware, and a coffee machine but that's where the practical items end. Most VRBO's we've stayed in that talk about how stocked they are would have salt and pepper or something. And if you have a coffee machine, a simple bag of sugar and some cheap creamers would really help. Not something we'd expect but when you tell customers the place is fully stocked, then you should stock it with some bare essentials. In summary, we expected more for what we paid. The place is sparse and has that feel of cutting corners everywhere to hit the bottom line. Feels as cold as an Ann Arbor winter.