"Beautiful, spacious, newly renovated apartment in a historic building. Central location: walk to metro stations, Santiago centro, Bellas Artes, Lastarria, Bellavista neighbourhoods etc. There's a coffee and ice-cream shop and a bar just downstairs; small supermarket around the corner. Large, comfy bed plus sofa, armchair and kitchen table. It's fairly soundproofed - there was a market in the street below when I was there, but the noise mostly disappeared with the windows closed. Keycode access is easy and I felt safe.
Bathroom has a nice strong non-leaky shower and large bath sheets (essential!). Kitchen has all the appliances you need but lacked a few essentials (which will be easy fixes) - there were knives but no cutting board, an oven but no oven mitt, dishwashing liquid and sponge but no tea towels. There's also lots of wardrobe space but just a few coathangers.
Note there is inaccurate info displayed on hotels.com before, during & after booking: it says foreign tourists are exempt from Chile's 19% VAT (which isn't included the nightly rate). Yet the property requires the VAT to be paid before providing you with access details, as the exemption apparently only applies to hotels but this is a short-stay rental. So, your booking will end up costing almost one fifth more than the price you select. This misleading info hasn't yet been corrected since I pointed out the issue two weeks ago. It would be better for the tax to be included up front.
Still, a good value stay."