Host communication was great! He even arranged for an early check-in even though he was out of town. Unfortunately, the apartment was REALLY dirty. The toilet was stained and had some previous guests' luggage in it if you know what I mean. There was no toilet paper. No bath towels. And overall the place just looked like it hadn't been cleaned in a good while. The location is great though, so there's that, but we cut our stay in half as soon as we could find other accommodations.