I appreciate that Samir was very flexible, let me check in early after 26 hours of travel, and offered the car as a bonus. However, his communication was a bit lacking. There were a couple of times I waited days and even weeks for him to respond to messages. This led me to nearly cancel the booking as it was a little suspect. However, he did get in touch, noticeably only right before my cancellation window (I paid more to be able to cancel up to three days before). I've never experienced that with any other Airbnb stay and it was very odd. As for the apartment which is quite spacious, I am not sure if it was actually cleaned before I arrived because the floor badly needed to be vacuumed, there was food under the cabinets in the kitchen, and the toilet room was very dirty. The small toilet room smelled the whole time, even when it had not been used all day. In general, all the items necessary were there but the furniture is not in very good condition and both couches barely usable. I hope Samir can put a bit more time into doing a deep clean of the place and maybe picking up some basic new furniture for future guests. Elwood is a beautiful place and I am sure you will enjoy your time in this idyllic, friendly suburb.