"The apartment was super clean. AC worked well for us. Great value for the money, however for my family of 5 I wondered if the savings translated since we ended having to take an Uber back to Kyoto Station (25mins aprox) every day and back for all our tours.. maybe if you are public transport savvy it would be ok but we had two people with android phones and we failed to get a Suica card or ICOCA at the station and it just didn't work for us on the savings end. Also, I thought the fact there were no elevators was ok but going up and down to the 4th floor after all day exploring got a bit much. Otherwise, the apartment was great.
Shower- the water pressure was great.
Laundry- worked well, you hang your clothes to air dry inside the shower stall, this takes a few hours so I tried to do at night so they would dry in the am so we could all take showers.
Key- they will only give you one actual key, which if your group will separate may be a bit inconvenient, but they do have an intercom to let your party through the front without having to go all the way down to open. So as long as the party with the key gets in first it would be no issue.
7 eleven a couple of blocks away."