Let's start with the good stuff: the place is stylish and cool, with a modern loft aesthetic and plenty of elbow room. Huge TV, big showers, up-to-date kitchen. There were only four of us, but it could easily have accommodated three times that number, especially since the hosts thoughtfully provide a few roll-away cots.
The location is ideal for exploring the city on foot. You're a short walk from City Hall, the National Constitution Center and Market Street. Plenty of sights and restaurants lie within easy reach.
The hosts are friendly and responsive. We had an issue or two during our stay (of which more below) but they were unfailingly prompt and solicitous and did all they could to address our concerns.
Here come the concerns.
It's great to have parking included â at a garage a few steps from the apartment â but we wish the in-and-out process had been smoother. As it was, we had to summon an attendant each time we left the garage, and then he had to make a call to verify who we were... It was a bit of a hassle.
As mentioned, the location is ideal, but man is the neighborhood sketchy. A guy peeing in the alley right outside our (translucent) front door. An unhoused gentleman wailing and grumbling to himself. If we weren't a foursome, traveling together at all times, we would not have felt safe.
And finally, there was a horde of persistent flying insects in the apartment.
On the whole, we would recommend this place with the provision that "forewarned is forearmed."