In our view, the apartment is not well located, but located on a private alleyway that has many abandoned stores. There is no lock on the exterior of the apartment building--only on the unit, and on the alley. But, since many people have access to the alley, we felt very unsafe leaving alone, particularly in the evening or on the weekends. Also, the apartment smelled heavily of smoke--it seems like the smell was coming outside the unit (perhaps from a neighbouring apartment) in the unit continuously. Also, the pull out bed did not support two children, but repeatedly collapsed despite our efforts to fix it--it just didn't seem able to support the school-age kids' weight. Check in was difficult because of the apartment's location on a private alley--we found it very hard to find via taxi or map apps. By the time we finally found it, we were exhausted, and our kids were upset. At that point, we didn't feel like we could ask for relocation as it would have been another hurdle in an already difficult day. The apartment was also quite small for 3 adults and 3 kids, with little room for our luggage.
Communication with the hosts was also quite difficult. When we raised the smoke issue with the hosts, they offered only an air freshener, which would not have addressed the problem. After the lack of responsiveness on that issue, we felt it would be futile to raise the other concerns. Overall, for a rather expensive unit, we found our stay really frustrating and would not recommend this unit.