Pros:
1.	Excellent location
2.	Great communications with the host
3.	Clean
4.	Average space
5.	The host will do everything to make sure you have a good stay
6.	Good refrigerator/washing machine
7.	Great heaters everywhere
8.	Spacious showers
9. Great WIFI/TVs
Cons:
1.	Not an adequate amount of utensils in the kitchen. No salt/sugar
2.	Kitchen is fairly large, but there is a huge table right in the center that takes up most of the space.
3.	Very steep stairs to the basement. Yes, there is a basement for two beds
4.	Smell of sewage and mold in the basement
5.	No ventilation/natural light in the basement or upstairs
6.	Poor drainage in kitchen/bathroom sinks/showers
7.	There are 2 toilets and 2 showers. In the US, if you are used to a half a bath, it implies that there is an extra toilet. Not in this case, but it is a different country.
During our 4-nights stay, we had faced 2 nights of quite a discomfort due to a major plumbing issue. On day 1, a toilet had overflown after light usage. We had to stop the toilet from overflowing and clean quite a bit to avoid a terrible smell on the first night of the stay. Went to a store, bought gloves, cleaning supplies and a plunger and finally went to bed quite late. Another day the plumber was fixing the problem until almost 1 am – he said that the sewage was leaking inside the walls, and the poor guy worked very hard to fix it right.
Typically, some kind of reimbursement is offered for such inconvenience, but we did not receive any discounts.
In conclusion, Vanessa is a great host with a decent apartment that has a few good and bad things.