Holiday rentals near Shanghai Chenshan Botanic Gardens

This was a halfway meeting house to meet our son travelling in from Hangzhou and us travelling from the airport. Super easy to get to Maglev then, Line 7, hotel a 2 minute walk from metro. Looks quite residential around about the hotel, so plenty of Family Marts ( 7/11) and places to eat. The staff were warm, welcoming and very helpful. The room was grand, all amenities, great layout, balcony, comfortable bed, mezzanine area for 2nd bed. Ideal for a family or even folks travelling together, couples or otherwise. Thought it was great value for money.

Convenient for getting around as close to Jing’an Temple & the metro station. The first apartment was a large room with a bookcase separating the sleeping & living areas. The toilet was poor & wouldn’t stop flushing initially. But, we arrived back c10:30pm on our 2nd night to find water dripping steadily from the ceiling. A staff member came quite quickly but didn’t really want to move us till the next day until we pointed out a 2nd new damp patch. She then moved us but it was a much smaller room than we’d paid for, though mercifully no leaks and a better toilet. I assume it would have cost us less but there was no offer of a refund. There weren’t any staff available when we checked out & we couldn’t hang around as we had a train to catch but the security man downstairs took our key card and gave us our deposit back. The walls in the 2nd apartment were heavily scuffed and both apartments needed redecorating. The ceiling of the 1st apartment showed very clear evidence of previous leaks which wasn’t very encouraging but was prescient for what happened. I’d like to recommend but I think they need to put more effort into maintenance to make it good value for the price paid.