Riva di Reno Home - Historical Center

Very beautiful tastefully furnished spacious apartment with a collection of antique and 1970s furniture – set in an oasis of green about 50m in from the street in what was until recently a vibrant neighborhood. Ordinarily the green oasis would prevent much street noise from reaching the bedroom, but a few days after I arrived, the city’s tram project started construction in the Riva di Reno boulevard out front. In the space of 2 days the noise level went crazy, with 7AM heavy equipment out front jackhammers dump trucks beeping you get the idea. Worse – the construction has swallowed up the entire neighborhood, with 3m fences from sidewalk to sidewalk and from traffic circle to circle. Crossing the street was 50m now 200 or more through an obstacle course. The project will continue for 2-3 years. Many locals are quite unhappy, saying that half the retail stores along this boulevard will close before this project is complete. There is no longer any parking, restricted access to the stores and even trying to get a taxi to pick you up near the property is hit or miss. None of this is under the owner’s control, so they are as badly impacted as everyone in the neighborhood.

Other noise issues – there is a well behaved dog overhead. Rarely barks. But the sound transmission from the apartment above makes it sound as if a ghost dog is walking thru your room – nails on tile clearly heard every step. Next door neighbors left 2 yappy dogs unattended for hours. Not there every day but one weekend was bad. An elevator retrofit is also going on – some days were 7 hours + of concrete drilling just outside the apartment. Operational issues - Check in was confusing and overly complicated. There is a dishwasher, but it does not work. The owner told me that they do not list a dishwasher as part of the services advertised. Maybe true, but in apartment of this caliber why would you fail to replace a dishwasher ? Summary – if you are not sensitive to noise this is an awesome place. The neighborhood is badly impacted. It’s a shame that the owners and local merchants are bring put thru this ordeal with no compensation, no ability to be made whole.