For the price, it is not a bad deal. Although, there are nicer (and cheaper) hostles you can stay at. It is a 20 minute walk to the Colosseum, which is nice. It is a 10 minute walk to the nearest Metro station. And that is all the good I can say about this place.
We arrived for our stay around 3pm. The outside building was locked, and no matter how much we rang the bell, we got nothing. Finally a tenant from another area let us in the building as she was entering it. We walked up the stairs and tried knocking on the door. No Answer. We sat out on the steps for OVER 30 minutes, before the cleaning lady came up the stairs. She wasn't even supposed to be there at the time, as she explained. She only happened to be picking something up. She had NO idea anyone was staying over, as the owner had not told her. She didn't know if we had paid, or anything. It was horrible. Had she not come "on accident" we could have sat out there for hours!
Oh and let me also say, we stayed there for 3 nights in total, and not ONCE did we meet the owner. We thought that was incredibly rude.
The 2nd and 3rd night that we stayed there, we actually stayed downstairs at the Paipa Guest House. Not sure why they moved us, especially since 1909 was empty, and we had already paid them to stay there. But Paipa was only on the 2nd floor, so we were thankful for less steps to climb.
But again, at Paipa, they gave us keys for all of the doors, except for the guest house itself. We had a key for the outside gate and for our bed room, but we didn't have a key for the apartment itself. We asked the man who was manning the desk for that key, and he told us we couldn't have it and that he would always be at the desk (which is a nicer feature compared to 1909). And wouldn't you know, one night we came back around 8pm, and we were left once again sitting on the stairs, after knocking and knocking, because no one was at the desk. This is horrible customer service.
Also, at both places, we were awakened several time at night by people ringing the door bell, multiple times. We did not feel comfortable answering the door to someone elses apartment, so there was little we could do. It was very annoying and very rude of these people to give us no instructions and also to just never show up to answer the door, especially if they were expecting someone.
We had no hot water in 1909, and the bathroom was impossible to maneuver around in.
Breakfast was incredibly small. It was a croussant, that came in a wrapper, that was very close it's expiration date. And they also gave you 4oz of orange drink. And, they didn't serve it until 8:30 or 9am, so you were stuck there until you got it. Needless to say, we had to go out and finish eating somewhere else.
Anyway, please take my advice and STAY FAR AWAY from this place. Do NOT stay here, for any reason. Don't let the price tempt you. We will never again stay here, nor will we recommend it to anyone.