I will not be recommending this accommodation to friends or family for a number of reasons.

It should be noted that this is one apartment that has been converted into 4 separate self-contained rooms that share a common entrance door into the apartment and a corridor to access each room. The room that I stayed in had absolutely no natural light as the windows open onto a very small shaft. Because this accommodation is situated on the 6th floor of a 13 story building, there is no light that comes down the shaft, this is further hindered by the fact that there are numerous air conditioning units that dot the shaft. Additionally, when you do open the windows approximately 75% of the time you will get a variety of smells that range from cooking smells (apartments above and below have their kitchens and bathrooms exhausts that flow into the shaft) or foul sewage smells. There is also garbage that has been thrown into the shaft (by tenants above it should be noted), hence the view I had of a ladies’ hygiene product being stuck to an air conditioning unit just below eye view.

Other than that the accommodation has a king sized SINGLE mattress, not highly suitable for two people to sleep in (unless you are short in stature or don’t mind snuggling), the toilet and shower are open to the room with a glass wall protecting the shower from the kitchenette. Due to the size of the room (I would say it’s roughly 8.4 square metres/ 90 square feet – correct me if I’m wrong), realistically you cannot cook much, aside from boiling an egg or heating food in the microwave. The accommodation was clean and the room was serviced weekly with clean sheets. In terms of noise, it was relatively quiet, however because this room is the one closest to the apartment door, you do get noise from other people coming and going, there is also noise that comes from the shaft area. The location of Sai Ying Pun is good and is serviced by the MTR and there is an abundance of cafes and restaurants within a 10-minute walking distance. The WiFi is strong, fast and reliable. The shower runs out of hot water very quickly. The apartment building itself is quiet old with an old, small lift. The ground floor of the building is occupied by dried fish vendors.

Mark as a host was ok, he communicated clearly and was fast to return emails. When I first arrived at the room, I complained about there being no chair in the room, Mark’s co-host Janice was prompt in delivering a chair the following day. If a clearer description of the accommodation had been provided and if actual photos of the accommodation had been shown on Airbnb (not the computer generated ones currently shown) then the person renting the room will have a far greater understanding of the type of accommodation that is on offer.