Our first impression of the apartment is that it looked very lived in. There were hand prints on the cabinets, half-empty bottles of soap in the bathroom, someone else’s dishes still drying in the dish rack, a completely iced over freezer, a closet bursting with partially-used rolls of toilet paper and cleaning supplies....
Harry was able to accommodate and early check in and when we arrived there was only one sheet and one towel for two people to use. (More were delivered late that night by the housekeeper).
The bed and fold-out couch were relatively comfortable and it was really nice to have cold air conditioning. The location was great, a nice street outside of the busy part of town.
The big problem was the last night of our stay. Of course it was completely out of control of the host, and I don’t blame him, but it was chaotic and a big inconvenience when at 4am the water line to the hot water heater burst, flooding the entire apartment and shutting off the electrical. Harry responded to the phone call promptly and instructed me how to turn off the water main and quell the flooding. He then offered that we use his apartment next door, which was fortunately vacant at the moment. At that point we were wide awake and used it for showering and making coffee and proceeded to try and collect our things from the pitch-dark, soaking wet apartment (no power or running water at this point).
Overall the experience was okay, and Harry was accommodating despite the setbacks and surprises, but the incident on the last night left us eager to get out and move on to the next place.