We arrived in Buenos Aires on an early morning flight, and had to wait for 45 minutes in a nearby coffee shop for Laura to show up, since we had no way to contact her directly (no direct phone number, just an emergency phone number that was, I believe, her home phone number. She wasn't there at the time, so we could only communicate through the airbnb messaging service which relies on internet/3G, which doesn't work that well in Argentina).

Apart from this minor incident, Laura was a perfect host, and communication was effective. The place itself is exactly like the description, not particularly glamorous, but the price was pretty good.

The apartment was inside an old building which was very run down, but it can be ignored. It was periodically flooded with a strong pizza scent, since there's a pizza delivery place right next door, but this was amusing rather than obnoxious. The area is in a nice, upbeat and uptown neighbourhood, full of restaurants, bars and shops. It's also very quiet, which is priceless for a noisy city like Buenos Aires. A bit far away from metro stations, but the whole city is well connected with buses and/or trains, so this wasn't really a problem at all.

All in all I would recommend this place for short stays, it has a decent price/quality balance.