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| - These are like a hybrid apartment/hotel and for the price you get a much better deal than you would at a hotel IMO. My company suggested I stay at the Extended Stay for about $50/night. However I've stayed there before and decided I wanted to try something different as the Extended Stay is usually small and their wi-fi is awful. This place has wi-fi that is free but also the bedroom has an actual ethernet connection. Anyways, this place works out to $43/night, at least that was my rate for a 30 day stay.
The building is obviously older and there is a definite smell, sort of like an old persons smell, kinda bad when you come into the front hall so that's sort of a negative and gets you worried a bit, but once you get into your actual apartment that smell doesn't exist. My apartment smelled fresh and was very clean. I also got a pretty large place for $43/night, it consisted of two fairly good sized bedrooms, both with tvs/vcrs/dvd (really crappy old audio video equipment I might add) with one bedrom having a queen sized bed and the other having two twins. The main bedroom has a really large picture window which is nice. The living room has a balcony with some furniture to sit on and everything in the kitchen is there that you'll need (including dishwasher--no icemaker though).
One nice thing is if you set up your stay beforehand with the rental office when you arrive you can just go into your room as the rooms are keyless entry, you use a code to get in. One thing of note though is you do have to press the center button on the keypad to lock your room, so be aware of that (the rental office didn't tell me that--I figured that out myself) so you don't go and leave your place unlocked.
For you tech geeks like me the ethernet is fairly fast, about 6mbps down and 1 mbps up and the wi-fi is good enough as well for even netflix. However, one thing to note, if you have an Xbox or another tech device which you want to use with the ethernet that has no built-in browser to accept the "terms" of use then you will have to call the support line for the service (Madcity Broadband) to have them add your MAC address so you can utilize the ethernet. Prepare to wait on hold for about 20 minutes.
Other things to note is they have all the other amenities of hotels, work out room, dvd rentals (which are free overnight btw) and the like so that's a plus. And you get maid service once a week, they change your sheets, vacuum, take out your garbage and just in general tidy up a bit. The apartments are also very quiet, you don't hear doors slamming or children running or anything (I was in an upstairs apartment so I can't vouch for people walking above you).
Now here's the main thing to note: just about everything you can think of is there for the fully furnished units. They have toilet paper, some napkins, salt & pepper, all the little things. About the only thing you need to bring is some dish soap (to wash the dishes--the dishwasher does have one complimentary soap module to use), your toothbrush and your clothes. The place is much better stocked than most places which say they're fully furnished but you find yourself running to Walmart the second day you're there and spending $40 or so on the basics.
My main complaint is the quality of the tv service. You get no HBO, no showtime and about half the channels of the 42 offered are utterly unwatchable with so much snow you might as well be using rabbit ears. If they'd get a real service here with clear channels, and give you the option to add HBO/Showtime ala carte with some newer tvs (the tvs in the unit are from about 20 years ago, LOL) then this place would be about perfect really and I'd raise my rating to 5 stars.
In summary though this place cannot be beat by any hotel or extended stay and I'd highly recommend it for corporate travelers and anyone staying in Madison for more than a few days.
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