The updated bathrooms are nice, except for the fact that the master bathroom only has a tub, which could easily have been a combo tub/shower instead. The updated kitchen is nice, as well. But the outdated and worn out furniture in all of the rooms was frustrating -- from the sofa to the lamps to the dressers.
However, none of this mattered to me or my wife since the hot water heater did not function in the unit! After several attempts to light the pilot light and heat the water were unsuccessful and after multiple attempts to contact the property management company during our first day were also unsuccessful, we reached our limit of patience. 18 hours after checking in we were finally able to talk to a real person at the property management company about our problems and an hour later we were "allowed" to relocate to another property nearby (but in a much less desirable location). Upon arrival at the second property, we discovered that it appeared to have been broken into, and obviously had not been checked on that day by a local employee since no one was scheduled to stay at the property.
In addition to the hot water heater problem with this particular condo unit, the owners have also installed some sort of kill switch on the furnace, which must be turned on in order for the thermostat to work properly. This is ridiculous, since all they have to do is have the cleaning people turn off the heating and a/c after cleaning the unit. Also, there were no instructions explaining this kill switch feature. We discovered it on our own because we needed heat in the evening.
Overall, this was a terrible experience that has taught us to always rent a property from a local owner or a local property management company, which we ended up doing on day two. And don't trust that a local phone number means they are a local company. This one is based in Portland, OR (from what I could gather).