MainStay Suites Springfield South - Battlefield Rd

Good place for extended stay if you can overlook a few things. First appearances mean a lot. The property is attractive overall. The units are made like flats, with separate entries. The room is spacious. There are three closets (two open). Kitchen has stove, fridge w/ice maker, dishwasher, microwave oven, and sink. Main room has sofa, two beds, one three-drawer chest, and one eight-drawer chest. TV is high up on wall over chest—an advantage, since it is out of the way (I NEVER watch TV in a hotel room). Unit has individual water heater and central air conditioner. Fan can be set to shut off with temperature—an advantage. One low table with lamp by door, and bar with stools between kitchen and room. Adequate electrical outlets (but see comments). Wi-fi worked well and was very fast (28.3mbs) but lacks security. Bed was very good. Room was tastefully decorated. Floor had carpet in main room; tile in bath; remainder was simulated wood. Very small patio/balcony with sliding glass door doubled as window (air conditioning units were on patio). My room was very quiet for the most part. But... property is dated, and maintenance could be better. Some things I observed were: at first glance, coffee maker had no carafe and microwave oven lacked turntable (but see below); display on microwave was defective (but it still worked okay if I pushed the correct buttons); aerator was broken on bathroom faucet; no electrical outlet was available near night stand, and one outlet was concealed behind the bed—that was the outlet I needed for my CPAP. No alarm clock is furnished. Common areas outside the rooms needed sweeping. I borrowed a broom to sweep the mat in front of the door. When I used the room telephone to call the front office, the receiver cord pulled out—the little clip was broken. When I opened the dishwasher to check inside, I found all the dishes, the missing parts to the coffeemaker, and the turntable to the microwave—they had been washed but had not been put away. As I was writing this, a man with a leaf blower came around and blew off the leaves and debris outside. But he blew it onto the door mat, so I had to sweep the door mat again. After three days, the wi-fi logged out, and I had to log in again. The carpet looked clean enough, but after three days in the room, the bottoms of my blue slippers were black. I washed them off, and they got black again, so it had to come from the carpet. The location was ideally situated for my needs. The rate was very reasonable. I made the reservation two years ago and had to postpone it one year because of “the virus”; they honoured the original rate. Overall, this is a good place to stay long-term if you can tolerate a few shortcomings. One could almost live here. Note: Some of the units are funished differently. My friends stayed here in a different unit, and I had the opportunity to see their unit. Their unit had a fireplace, and the sofa faced the fireplace. The sliding door was further down the wall, and the bed was on the short wall. They had a chair at the low table. But their room had no chest of drawers. The TV was on a swivel mount on the wall between the fireplace and the sliding door. The hotel lacks elevators and sprinklers. The air conditioner units for both storeys rest on a tiny patio outside the sliding door on the lower floor, but they were not excessively noisy. One bathroom light is on a timer.