... problems like that.. Most of rental flats in Moscow city center are old fashioned, and need remodeling. If you book hotel - you have to pay not less than 200USD per room, in hotels like Marriot - not less than 350-400.. hotels are expensive - thats why tourists risk to book apartments ... more

... apartments she offeres. And about hot water - in Moscow hot water is usually turned off by local authorities (for maintenance) for about 3 weeks in summer. And residents are informed beforehand. I'm sure, nobody wants to spend time on vacation, moving from one flat to another - like Nozzie did ... more

a rental agent is no more in charge of apts than an agent anyplace else, and knows little beyond what owners tell them. So look b4 you leap unless u can prove misrepresentation u are out of luck. T was very nice to give a refuns. ... more

I rented an apartment on Kutuzovky for about a year in 2003-2004 and found the area simply not livable. The main street is an avenue for columns of tanks, not a place for humans. The space, the proportions, style, statues are.. Not just big but intended to keep you ... more

... stores, museums, at our rented apartment, etc. The only place in the whole England where we could warm up was beneath the blankets in our beds! So don't be afraid of Russian December - you are probably well trained for cold :). And winters in Russia in recent 5-10 years ... more

... connection, but wasn't that bad after all. And I managed to give the modem to the landlord of the apartment which I rented, so she would pass the modem to the following tenants for inet service. So my actual bottom line came out as $30 for the 2wks+ period ... more

... my anger. Most owners of apartments available for ... ... and then complain that they had every dime squeezed out of them. Go to Google, enter something like "short term apartments direct from owners Moscow Russia" and you'll access a very different type of hospitality than that offerend by large hotels ... more