Beijing Zhuyuan Holiday Villa

Location - in a gated area, we were refused entry because we arrived a different time than was informed to the security. Had to wait for the security guard to be re-informed before they let us in. Good location only because it is just next to Gubei Watertown & a view of Simatai Great Wall at night with its lights. Facilities - Apartment was okay. Nothing to shout about. It was furnished more like a playschool and even has a projector and a mini playground for kids outside. Probably used before as a pre-school/child care? The paint on the ceiling of the porch and verandah were peeling The unit we stayed in is a private apartment unit. Not a boutique hotel. Not a licensed tourist accommodation? Their listing on Trip.com and a couple of other hotel booking platform is quite misleading giving wrong impressions. Having stayed in Abnb's before, for me the shocking thing that confronted us about having to stay in a private accommodation here in Beijing was that we were required to make a police report at the local station on our intended stay. Thank God we had a very good guide with us who called and checked beforehand and discovered that requirement and helped us to make the required report. Had we been on our own and no local to guide us, I wonder if the apartment owner would have condescended to do the necessary for us. My gripe: 1. I feel shortchanged as we were given a lower floor unit, instead of the higher floor. The person who checked us told us that upper units are only roomed units? while in the Trip.com booking there were definitely 2 room nicer units on the higher floor. 2. The onus is on the OWNER to inform that non-locals are required to make police report at the local police station before we are allowed to rent their place. Why didn't they? Wondering if Trip.com is aware of this requirement of foreigners booking this place to stay need to first go to the police station to make a police report. Not recommended place for international guests and those without transport.