Great Northern Tower Sanctuary Apartment

We stayed in the apartment for two nights and really enjoyed our stay - the bed was large and comfortable and the apartment is very close to everything you might want to do (eating, drinking, cinema, work etc) so from that point of view is ideal. You can cook for yourself and the sofa is comfortable. The one big downer during our stay was that the shower was absolutely freezing cold and no matter what we tried we couldn't get hot water out of the 'luxury' shower. This isn't great when you are going out to work in the freezing cold morning! We also found that the apartment was charged to our credit card in $ therefore cost another £14 on top of the actual price - not a big deal but beware if you are on a tight budget.
Our big complaint in relation to the apartment came after we left - we received an email saying that we owed the owner money for a missing plate and mug and that a plumber had to be called to see to a damaged toilet - we were furious as the toilet had been fine when we left in the morning and the plate and mug in question were in the dishwasher which we had set (out of kindness) before we left!! We won't make that mistake again!
When there are so many serviced apartments in the city centre to choose from at the same price and the owner is making such huge profits (as we know how much such a flat costs to purchase), we find it rather foolish and lacking in business acumen to accuse guests of breaking toilets and stealing ikea style mugs and plates. Surely if we can afford to pay a top price to rent a city centre flat for a few nights, then we would not need to steal a mug and plate!!
We stay over in Mcr all the time and would have definitely stayed at the apartment again - now we might think again...

Having stayed in a number of Manchester apartments, this is a typical standard apartment. Well kitted out with one very noticeabe exception - there was no TV. Unusual when most apartments seem to have flat screens and freeview. So if you intend to stay take some CDs as there is a portable CD/radio or a good book. You will need somehing to distract you as the view from the windows is a windowless wall of the building next door about 5m away.
Oh and when I stayed there were a few tea bags, a huge container full of sugar but no coffee and no milk. Luckily Sainsbury is just a short walk away.