Stylish Downtown Mall Loft with Rooftop

The place had a wonderful location. Bathrooms were not cleaned well. They have construction right outside the bedroom windows that started at 630 in the morning during weekdays. Also bring a face mast. It’s so bright in the bedrooms even if the noise from construction doesn’t wake you up-light will.

It's a very spacious, attractive, bright, well-stocked apartment in a charming part of the city near a ton of great restaurants and shops of the downtown mall and nearby Belmont, and in a nice building. You will have to sign a separate contract with a third-party manager, Stay Charlottesville. As per prior reviews, the bedrooms are quite light at night from street lights and there's a high propensity for street noise e.g. we were woken up at 7am two of the days by a truck tearing up the brick on the street outside, in the middle of one night by people yelling, and by the bed frames, which squeak loudly at the slightest movement. So if you're a light sleeper, you may want to bring eye masks and ear plugs. We also had a problem with the electronic door lock continually breaking, which required half a dozen phone calls and multiple workmen coming to the apartment over several days to try to fix it. We kept being told different things by different people as to what the issue was and how it would be solved. They were all very nice and responsive, but we should have been given a spare key the first time it happened, not after the fifth. In addition, the TVs kept coming on at random times, including in the middle of the night and very early in the morning, and one of the property people said that's been going on for months. Wifi was continually spotty so we wouldn't recommend this as a place to work from.

Several positives…the location was very central on Main Street with access to restaurants and small shops. There was a lot of room in the unit. My son, who stayed in the second floor, had no complaints.Unfortunately, not under the control of the property, they are doing roadwork directly adjacent to the entrance and we had to listen to a jackhammer for several hours per day. The unit sits above a restaurant so a loading truck backs up and gets unloaded before 5am each day outside of the bedroom window. The first floor bed is not assembled well so every time you move, it squeaks, and you wake up your partner. The bathroom was filthy on arrival with dirty towels still hanging up and hair all over the floor. The Nespresso machine was broken so we could not make coffee. We had difficulty getting into the property because the instructions are not sent through VRBO so they go to junk mail. We have rented on VRBO all over the world and this, overall, was our only truly disappointing stay.

Close to restaurants and shops, easy to get to wineries

We wish that we would have known that this property is over a restaurant and during business hours you can hear music from the restaurant. The location is amazing and great walking distance to lots of restaurants. There is a certain sewer smell now and than through out the entry bathroom area now and than.

Great Place! Super Location

Nice and convenient!

We enjoyed an adult weekend away with the perfect location for our stay. Central to all the things we needed (Food, Drinks and Entertainment). The VRBO was very clean and great for two couples to share for a quick getaway weekend.

Wonderful place!!

The property was great and perfectly located! I am disappointed in the communication from the property manager however. When I asked to clarify check in instructions they were incredibly rude and impatient about it. Additionally the check out instructions to wash our own dishes and take out our own trash felt excessive especially for the price of the rental.

Amazing location. Very responsive host. We had two minor maintenance issues when we arrived and they had someone there within 20 minutes to help… on a Sunday!

Enjoyed the comfortable property and proximity to shops and restaurants. Parking was close by and not inconvenient.

Location is amazing and very easy to pop out to do some window shopping or grab good food. Overall very comfortable, clean space the only minor issue we ran into was WiFi not working for laptops and was in/out a little when we tried to watch TV

Great location, on the walking mall, just above an Indian restaurant. Access is easy to the rooftop with cool view of walking mall area with furniture to lounge in, although the rooftop area is shared with all apt owners in the building. Only thing that would make it better is for there to be curtains or shade on the high palladium window in the upstairs bedroom so that light from neighboring building doesn’t shine in all night, and having a nightstand on both sides of bed to lay phone/wallet/etc since there is no other furniture in bedroom.

There are a ton of stairs, which they do include in the description, but the a/c doesn't work well so it was quite uncomfortable in the upper level. Just really like it, although I love Charlottesville-we won't be back

Great location to celebrate milestone birthday!

The apartment was clean and close to restaurants/shopping area. The deck area was not clean and as pictured. It is located on top of restaurant so there is a consistent smell of curry inside the apartment and on deck. There is a significant homeless population. At night they use store fronts as camps and it gets pretty interesting at night time. They were several loud arguments amongst them, the police had to come one of the nights.

Awesome experience and perfect location. Even had a high chair and pack and play. Will be staying again

We enjoyed our stay while visiting UVA. Location was fun on the downtown square, but directly above a restaurant and near bars was very noisy on a Friday night. We also had the luck of a marathon that ran through downtown Saturday morning, quite early, which was a little rough. The decor is nice, but some wear is apparent and beds could use a refresh as they were saggy and seemed little worn out. Towel rack in upstairs bath fell off when taking off a towel. Overall, would recommend for anyone who wants to be within walking to the charming old town, restaurants, bars and cute coffee shops.

Great location, annd Clean! Carrying keys the entire trip is a little bit of a pain though not sure why the electronic lock at the door cannot be utilized for guests. We still had a great time in Charlottesville!!

My friends and I are graduates from Darden and wanted to return back to Charlottesville for a fun weekend. This property was perfect - location was ideal right on the downtown mall, the space was very comfortable, and everything was as we had hoped it would be. Highly recommend!

Perfect location for us. Place was great size for 4

Absolutely loved the location of the place.

Beautiful two bedroom condo situated above a wonderful Indian restaurant near one end of the Cville walkable mall.The beds are cloud-like soft, the ceilings high and the kitchen is vintage, combining to create a fun and wonderful atmosphere for whoever stays on the property.Located within nlocks of restaurants, bars, shopping and events, this was the prrfect place to spend a week visiting friends and family.

Only thing I would recommend the owner do is invest in a new bed and possibly better pillows for the downstairs room. Very uncomfortable spring mattress that was also extremely noisy with even the slightest movements. My wife and I had 3 pretty poor nights of sleep. However, the apartment itself was pristine and beautiful. Location is unparalleled. Easy remedy.

I very much recommend The Gatsby. It is comfortable, well equipped and very pleasant.

Great location. Very clean. Would rent again when in the area. Parking not included. But we were able to park in the street free every night.

Great location! Adorable place! We loved it!

Nice place and great location. Very clean and well furnished. An extra set of keys would be nice for parties staying with more than one couple.

Overall, awesome stay. The place is very cool, enjoyed the roof deck and Will definitely be staying again here when we’re back in town. Thank you!

We enjoyed our stay and location was right on the mall so we could walk everywhere. We had 4, plenty of room for us.

While the overall stay was pleasant, street lights beamed and flashed all night - the drapes did not completely cover the windows. There are great restaurants just a few feet away.