Our visit was a balance of hits and misses.
On the one hand, Emmanuel is an extremely responsive, attentive and helpful host. He answered my messages and addressed my concerns very quickly.
However, the unit itself was a bit of a miss. The location itself was exactly what we expected and as advertised. But the unit was a little tired and run down and in general need of some maintenance and TLC. Yes, it was technically clean but there were visible repair jobs that hadn't been completed such as the patched up wall in the bathroom and the gouges in the master bedroom wall. We ran into some minor plumbing and general maintenance issues.
Our primary concern had to do with something that Emmanuel probably couldn't control though: temperature control in the building. Although we had the AC running on a very hot day in August, we weren't able to get the living room below 28.5 Celsius and 26 Celsius in the master bedroom. We noticed many other units propped their front doors open to get ventilation so we suspect this is a building wide HVAC issue and again, something out of the host's control. All the same it made for a hot, sticky, and mostly sleepless night in what was advertised as a luxury unit.