I would not recommend this apartment to anyone. The apartment itself was fine, it’s in a good location, it’s quiet, and the amenities were fine. However, the host did not deal well with a very unpleasant occurrence. The heat and hot water suddenly stopped working, which was a problem in itself. But even worse, when the problem was fixed, a woman who evidently is the building maintenance person knocked on the door to tell me that the problem was fixed but then proceeded to yell at me. I had no idea why she was yelling at me—my German wasn’t good enough to understand. The woman was furious, yelling at me, and I could not figure out why, so I contacted Lida, the host, to tell her about the incident. I also conveyed that I was concerned because this angry woman has a key to the apartment. Lida did not get back to me for close to 24 hours. She then told me that she would ask her Berlin contact, Barbara, to find out what the woman was upset about (Lida does not live in Berlin so she has Barbara handle her Airbnb business). I asked her to keep me posted; I was quite concerned, especially because the woman who yelled at me has a key to the apartment. Lida never got back in touch with me. Perhaps this apartment is not “legal” and that’s why the woman was yelling at me. I don’t know. But it was quite upsetting to be yelled at like that—for no reason as far as I could tell—and my concerns were not alleviated by Lida. This incident made for an unpleasant stay in Lida’s apartment.