I stayed here for just about 2 months on a long term rental. (March and April 2018) I have good and bad comments. My review will be a little different from others here as I probably got to see more being here longer. Things that stood out: -I needed a piece of mail and he picked it up for me. -He walked to the store with me to buy a BVG monthly pass. The highlight of the stay was a puppy he got during my stay named Momo. Such a cute personality and smart dog! You will love meeting him, he is sure to put a smile on your face and is very well behaved. Would I stay here again?: No Ben is a very nice person and is very easy going which is always good. The apartment itself is designed nicely and upon arrival, looks pretty like in the photos. Ben was great to communicate with and very helpful leading up to my arrival time and there to wait for me. (Note: The door is not yellow as listed on the site, was confused where to go at first.) I got the use I needed out of it to do stuff on my computer, have a place to sleep, clean up, cook a few meals. The heaters don’t do much, I felt no heat. This place gets COLD. He doesn’t like to use the heaters in the common areas. I tried to turn on but he turns off to conserve energy. I mentioned to him that I was very cold in my room and the apartment, his solution was to walk around with a blanket around me. Very dark. Conserving energy is nice, but this was a bit much. The apartment is completely pitch black at night other than your bedroom or of course when you are cooking in the kitchen or using the bathroom. No soft lighting or night lights or anything. It’s dangerous and unwelcoming. A few times I would be cooking in the kitchen and go to my room briefly and left the light on. I would come back out a few minutes later to find that Ben had turned the lights off while my food was still cooking, an indication I would be right back one would assume. Dirty. On arrival, the place was pretty clean. I noticed cobwebs in the dishes however as well as through the bedroom. I also found many spiders crawling around in my room. I did not make a big deal of it, but was just something I noticed. Location was not good in my opinion. Also to note, the stores around here and the one he mentions in his listing, do not speak English. The Netto market across the street got very mad at me for not knowing German. There is a nicer Edeka market down by Antonplatz I liked. The area is more of an older generation that doesn't always know English like in other parts of city....