The apartment is in the basement but is not dark and didn’t feel humid or musty. It took about 45min for our family to walk to the Old Port, though there is a metro station a couple blocks away. The small deck in the back was a nice place to chat with people staying in the airBNB on the second floor and there is a gate to get to your car parked in back. The kitchen has the minimum needed to cook, and there is a grocery market ~5min away.