The air conditioning absolutely does not work, but getting to the bottom of this is like John Cleese in Monty Python's cheese shop sketch getting the cheese vendor to admit, finally, that there is not a single morsel of cheese in the shop. They are simply lying, and hoping you are enough of a dolt to believe it.
Also, there are periodic barracks inspections... er, I mean housekeeping services. If, like me, you are a clean and quiet sort who prefers not to be disturbed, you can decline once or twice, but then they will simply tell you that the maid WILL be coming in to make sure you're not storing dead bodies or otherwise trashing the place, and it is NOT optional. This is distrust and a poor attitude toward guests rolled into one.
Other than that, it really was a pretty nice setup. Central location, quiet, good price. The view out the window was of rooftops, but a pretty good view of rooftops. The maid seemed nice. But, from management, I do insist on more honesty and less push-back.